Idea Financial reports Data Breach exposing 37,000 individuals
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Idea 247 Inc (Idea Financial), a small business lender from Miami, Florida reported a data breach in which an unauthorized party had gained access to a database containing sensitive consumer information.
The compromised data includes
- individuals' names,
- Social Security numbers,
- dates of birth,
- email addresses,
- phone numbers,
- FICO scores.
Upon discovering the breach, Idea Financial took immediate action to contain the incident and launched an investigation. The investigation revealed that the unauthorized party had access to the files between April 26, 2023, and May 24, 2023.
The exact data exposed varies for each individual affected, but it's beleived that over 37,000 individuals are affected by this data breach.
No details are available as to the nature of the attack.
The company has sent data breach notification letters to all individuals whose information was compromised during the incident which provide details about the specific data that may have been accessed.
