Roughly 147 million people had information, including social security numbers and driver's licence data, compromised by the Equifax breach. The hackers spent weeks in the Equifax system, breaking into computer networks, stealing company secrets and personal data. The hackers ran approximately 9,000 queries on Equifax's system, taking names, birth dates and social security numbers for nearly half of all American citizens. They routed traffic through approximately 34 servers located in nearly 20 countries to obfuscate their true location. The data breach, because it was so large and involved so much sensitive financial information on so many Americans, had far-reaching implications for Equifax and the consumer credit industry. Equifax did not immediately respond to a request for comment.