Utahns should proactively protect information, experts say

SALT LAKE CITY— Utah officials said Friday they are uncertain how many people in the state were affected by Thursday's Equifax hack.The Equifax credit reporting agency revealed that personal information of as many as 143 million consumers may have been compromised. Hackers may have gained access to Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and legal names — information that hackers could then use to commit identity fraud.Additionally, hackers may have accessed some 209,000 cred