Data breach at fintech giant Figure affects close to a million customers

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The information breach that deed blockchain-based lending elephantine Figure affected astir a cardinal customers, according to a information researcher. 

Last week, Figure confirmed a information breach allowed hackers to bargain “a constricted fig of files” from its systems. The institution did not supply specifics connected what benignant of information was stolen nor accidental however galore customers were affected.

On Wednesday, Troy Hunt, a information researcher and creator of the information breach notification tract Have I Been Pwned, analyzed the information allegedly taken from Figure and found it contained 967,200 unsocial email addresses associated with Figure customers. 

The information besides included lawsuit names, dates of birth, carnal addresses, and telephone numbers.

Figure did not respond to a petition for comment, and to inquire if the institution disputes Hunt’s findings. 

The cybercrime radical ShinyHunters told TechCrunch past week that it was to blasted for the cyberattack targeting Figure. The radical published 2.5 gigabytes of information allegedly stolen from Figure connected its leak website, wherever the hackers shame their victims and people stolen information if they neglect to extort the hacked companies.

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