- Jan 21, 2018
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"Overdraft protection and cash advance service Dave has suffered a data breach after a database containing 7.5 million user records was sold in an auction and then released later for free on hacker forums.
Dave is a fintech company that allows users to link their bank accounts and receive cash advances for upcoming bills to avoid overdraft fees. Subscribers who need extra money to pay a bill can get a payday loan up to $100, but cannot receive another loan until it is repaid.
A threat actor released a database containing 7,516,691 users records for free on a hacker forum on Friday.
After reaching out to Dave regarding their database being leaked, Dave disclosed the incident as a data breach a day later...."
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"In June 2020, the digital banking app Dave suffered a data breach which exposed 7.5 million rows of data and subsequently appeared for public download on a hacking forum. The breach exposed extensive personal information including almost 3 million unique email addresses alongside names, dates of birth, encrypted social security numbers and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes. The data was provided to HIBP by dehashed.com. Breach date: 28 June 2020
Date added to HIBP: 27 July 2020
Compromised accounts: 2,964,182
Compromised data: Dates of birth, Email addresses, Names, Passwords, Phone numbers, Physical addresses, Social security numbers"
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Dave is a fintech company that allows users to link their bank accounts and receive cash advances for upcoming bills to avoid overdraft fees. Subscribers who need extra money to pay a bill can get a payday loan up to $100, but cannot receive another loan until it is repaid.
A threat actor released a database containing 7,516,691 users records for free on a hacker forum on Friday.
After reaching out to Dave regarding their database being leaked, Dave disclosed the incident as a data breach a day later...."
Dave data breach affects 7.5 million users, leaked on hacker forum
Overdraft protection and cash advance service Dave has suffered a data breach after a database containing 7.5 million user records was sold in an auction and then released later for free on hacker forums.
"In June 2020, the digital banking app Dave suffered a data breach which exposed 7.5 million rows of data and subsequently appeared for public download on a hacking forum. The breach exposed extensive personal information including almost 3 million unique email addresses alongside names, dates of birth, encrypted social security numbers and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes. The data was provided to HIBP by dehashed.com. Breach date: 28 June 2020
Date added to HIBP: 27 July 2020
Compromised accounts: 2,964,182
Compromised data: Dates of birth, Email addresses, Names, Passwords, Phone numbers, Physical addresses, Social security numbers"
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