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Experian API Flaw Raises Questions


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April 29, 2021    
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Some security experts are questioning whether Experian is doing enough to ensure security after a researcher discovered that an API the credit reporting firm uses to allow lenders to check the credit score of prospective borrowers could expose customer s scores.
While visiting one lender s website, Bill Demirkapi, a student at the Rochester Institute of Technology who s a threat researcher, discovered the API issue, he told Krebs on Security. The vulnerability on that website, which Experian says it has since fixed, allowed someone to look up another person s credit score and some additional financial history by inputting their name, address and date of birth. But Demirkapi says he had to enter the birthdate as all zeroes to exploit the vulnerability. ....

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Experian API Leaks Most Americans' Credit Scores


Researchers fear wider exposure, amidst a tepid response from Experian.
A researcher is claiming that the credit scores of almost every American were exposed through an API tool used by the Experian credit bureau, that he said was left open on a lender site without even basic security protections.
Experian, for its part, refuted concerns from the security community that the issue could be systemic.
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The tool, called the Experian Connect API, allows lenders to automate FICO-score queries. Bill Demirkapi, a sophomore at Rochester Institute of Technology, was shopping for student loans when he found a lender that would check his eligibility with just a name, address and date of birth, according to a published report. ....

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