Equifax has been trying to downplay the additional types of data accessed in the massive breach. The credit reporting company admitted that the personal information, such as names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some drivers license and credit card numbers, of 145.5 million consumers had been compromised in a breach. Equifax told CNN Money that the original list of vulnerable personal information was never intended to represent the full list of potentiality exposed information. A spokeswoman said Equifax in no way did we intend to mislead consumers”]

