Millions of client names and email addresses were stolen in a data breach, according to Robinhood
Last week, the online stock trading platform Robinhood was hacked, and over five million user email addresses and two million customer names, as well as a much smaller amount of highly particular customer data, were stolen.
A hostile hacker socially engineered a customer service agent over the phone on November 3 to gain access to customer support systems, the business claimed in a blog post. The hacker was able to gain not just customer names and email addresses, but also complete names, dates of birth, and ZIP codes for 310 people.
Millions of client names and email addresses were stolen in a data breach, according to Robinhood Ten clients had “more detailed account data leaked,” according to Robinhood. Although no Social Security numbers, bank account details, or debit card data were disclosed, there was no immediate financial harm to clients, according to Robinhood.