Robinhood Hacked, 7 Million People’s Data Compromised

Robinhood, the stock market application, which drew a lot of reaction when it stopped trading during the Gamestop movement in the USA, came to the agenda with a scandal today. The company shared in a statement on 3 November cyber-attacked and More than 7 million customers announced that his personal information had been compromised.

Social security numbers, bank account numbers or lack of information such as credit card numbers reported. However, it was also stated that no user suffered financial loss. How the cyber attack took place was also shared by the company.

A customer service employee was reached through social engineering:

According to the shared statement, an unauthorized third party reached a customer service employee via phone. After that, the person logged into the customer service system. The person/persons who made the cyber attack, the e-mail of 5 million people.postal addresses while taking over 2 million people first and last names managed to list.

In a small customer group of about 310 people names, dates of birth and zip codes captured. If 10 users “more comprehensive account information“It was announced that it was seized. Although the company did not explain what this “comprehensive information” was, a spokesperson speaking to The Verge stated that this information does not include payment information.

Robinhood, who took the attack under control, said that the person who did the cyber attack asking for ransomannounced that they reported this person to law enforcement. However, no information was shared about whether the company gave the requested ransom. Robinhood enlisted the help of Mandiant, a security firm, to investigate the incident.