Prosper Data Breach Impacts 17.6 Million Accounts (bleepingcomputer.com) 4
Hackers breached financial services firm Prosper, stealing the personal data of roughly 17.6 million people, including Social Security numbers, income details, and government IDs. "We have evidence that confidential, proprietary, and personal information, including Social Security Numbers, was obtained, including through unauthorized queries made on Company databases that store customer information and applicant data. We will be offering free credit monitoring as appropriate after we determine what data was affected," the company says. "The investigation is still in its very early stages, but resolving this incident is our top priority and we are committed to sharing additional information with our customers as appropriate." BleepingComputer reports: Prosper operates as a peer-to-peer lending marketplace that has helped over 2 million customers secure more than $30 billion in loans since its founding in 2005. As the company disclosed one month ago on a dedicated page, the breach was detected on September 2, but Prosper has yet to find evidence that the attackers gained access to customer accounts and funds.
However, the attackers stole data belonging to Prosper customers and loan applicants. The company hasn't shared what information was exposed beyond Social Security numbers because it's still investigating what data was affected. Prosper added that the security breach didn't impact its customer-facing operations and that it has reported the incident to relevant authorities and is collaborating with law enforcement to investigate the attack. [...] The stolen information also includes customers' names, government-issued IDs, employment status, credit status, income levels, dates of birth, physical addresses, IP addresses, and browser user agent details. Have I Been Pwned revealed the extent of the incident on Thursday.
However, the attackers stole data belonging to Prosper customers and loan applicants. The company hasn't shared what information was exposed beyond Social Security numbers because it's still investigating what data was affected. Prosper added that the security breach didn't impact its customer-facing operations and that it has reported the incident to relevant authorities and is collaborating with law enforcement to investigate the attack. [...] The stolen information also includes customers' names, government-issued IDs, employment status, credit status, income levels, dates of birth, physical addresses, IP addresses, and browser user agent details. Have I Been Pwned revealed the extent of the incident on Thursday.
So it's domestic Kiva? (Score:2)
credit monitoring will not stop health care theft (Score:2)
Need payments to a life long insurance for this (Score:2)
With each data breach, the companies should be required to pay into a lifelong insurance policy for each individual person they let have the person's information stolen.
The 'free credit monitoring' is essentially a part of "cyber liability insurance" bought by companies https://www.allstate.com/resou... [allstate.com]
Given what's covered and the cost of the insurance, there's a moderate incentive to improve security since paying for the insurance is now just a cost of business for companies.
Here is what is covered for the
Lock Credit (Score:2)
If you haven't done so already, create an account on all three credit reporting agencies and lock your credit reports. It will prevent people from opening most (all?) lines of credit in your name since they all query the reporting agencies before approving a credit application.