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Two of the three major credit bureaus are dismissing a larger share of consumer complaints. At the same time, the CFPB has been effectively gutted by the Trump administration.

The Federal Reserve said total consumer credit rose by 10% in May. And lenders issued roughly 6 million new credit cards in March, according to Equifax.

Cybersecurity experts say there are lots of reasons China might have wanted that data, including to help identify American spies.

Cyber security experts warn that consumers are as vulnerable to hacking now as they were back then.

The three major credit agencies now allow you to freeze your credit for free.

The breach affected 147 million people. Here's what's happened since.

Many consumers are keeping their credit frozen, just to be safe.

The New York Fed says fewer kinds of missed payments are showing up on credit scores.

This week, the Treasury Department issued recommendations to protect consumers from big data breaches, like the ones we’ve seen at Equifax and Target. Among the Treasury Department’s recommendations: creating a national standard for handling the aftermath of data breaches. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.