Fintech lending giant figure underscores data breach

Figure Technology, a blockchain-based lending company, has confirmed that it has suffered a data breach.

Friday, appearance The breach arose when an employee was tricked by a social engineering attack that allowed hackers to steal a “limited number of files,” company spokeswoman Alethea Jaddick told TechCrunch in a statement.

The company is “with partners and those affected,” and is offering free credit monitoring “to all individuals who receive notification,” the statement said.

A spokesperson for the format did not respond to a series of specific questions about the violation.

Hacking group ShinyHunters The company took responsibility for the hack on its official dark web leak site, saying the company refused to pay a ransom, and posted 2.5 gigabytes of allegedly stolen data.

TechCrunch viewed a portion of the data, which included customers’ full names, home addresses, dates of birth, and phone numbers.

A ShinyHunters member told TechCrunch that the figure was among the victims Hacking campaign Which targeted customers who rely on single sign-on provider Okta. Among other victims of the campaign Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn).