A data breach at fintech giant Viger affects nearly 1 million customers

A data breach at blockchain-based lending giant Figure has affected nearly a million customers, according to a security researcher.

last week, The figure confirmed the data breach It allowed hackers to steal a “limited number of files” from its systems. The company did not provide details about the type of data stolen and did not mention the number of customers affected.

On Wednesday, Troy Hunt, a security researcher and creator of a data breach notification site, spoke Have you been Pwnedanalyzed the data allegedly taken from Figure F Found It had 967,200 unique email addresses associated with the figure’s customers.

The data also included customer names, dates of birth, physical addresses, and phone numbers.

Shape did not respond to a request for comment and to ask whether the company disputes Hunt’s findings.

Cybercrime group ShinyHunters told TechCrunch last week that it was responsible for the cyberattack targeting the figure. The group posted 2.5 gigabytes of data allegedly stolen from Shape on its leak site, where hackers embarrass their victims and publish the stolen data if they fail to blackmail the hacked companies.