Set Forth debt releif administrator reports data breach exposing 1.5M people
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Set Forth, a company providing administrative services for debt relief programs, is reporting a data breach where hackers gained unauthorized access to internal documents stored on the company's systems.
Set Forth implemented incident response protocols and engaged independent computer forensic specialists for investigation.
The attack occurred in May 2023 and impacts 1.5 million individuals. Exposed data types include:
- Full names
- Social Security numbers (SSNs)
- Dates of birth
- Additional personal information of spouses
- Co-applicant information
- Dependent information
The nature of the attack is not disclosed, nor the reasons for the massive delay in reporting.
The company is sending data breach notifications to affected individuals via postal mailffering and offering free identity theft protection through Cyberscout for one year.
