Equifax says theft of data touched ‘certain’ Canadian residents

TORONTO - Credit monitoring company Equifax says that it will work with regulators in Canada and the United Kingdom to determine the appropriate steps following a lapse in cyber security that’s affecting about 143 million people in the United States. Equifax said it has identified unauthorized access to limited personal information for certain Canadian and U.K. residents but provided no detail about how many people outside the United States were affected.

It also said Equifax will work with unspecified regulators in the two countries to determine appropriate next steps. In the United States, the theft included consumers’ names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and, in some cases, driver’s licence numbers.