Evolve Bank & Trust breach exposes data of over 7.64 million people
Evolve Bank & Trust was hit by a LockBit ransomware attack that compromised the personal information of 7,640,112 customers and users of its open banking partner services. The attackers had had access to the network since at least February 2024 and stole names, Social Security numbers, bank account numbers and more. The bank acknowledged the illegal data theft, and Wise and Affirm also confirmed that their customers had been affected.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Evolve Bank & Trust
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Personal information of 7,640,112 customers and partner service users, including names, Social Security numbers and bank account numbers
- Cause / method
- LockBit ransomware attack and intrusion into the bank's network
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- Data that LockBit claimed to have stolen from the US Federal Reserve was identified as Evolve Bank & Trust's data, and the bank acknowledged the theft.
- Wise said some of its customers had been affected by the bank's data breach.
- Affirm said customer information had been exposed in the attack on the bank.
- The scale of the personal information breach was confirmed at 7,640,112 people.
- A $3.78 million settlement in a data breach class action was reported.
Also affected by this incident
Evolve Bank breach affects some Wise customers
↳ Knock-on damage from the Evolve Bank & Trust incident · View original incidentImpact: Some customers affected
Some Wise customers were affected by a data breach at Evolve Bank & Trust. Wise confirmed that its own customers were also impacted.
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↳ Knock-on damage from the Evolve Bank & Trust incident · View original incidentImpact: Data of some customers and cardholders
An attack on Evolve Bank & Trust exposed the data of some Affirm customers and cardholders. Affirm confirmed that its customers were affected, and the incident was linked to a LockBit ransomware attack.
Related reports: 8 · last report →
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- Evolve Bank Data Leaked After LockBit’s ‘Federal Reserve Hack’
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- Evolve Bank & Trusts reaches $11.8M settlement to end data breach claims
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- Evolve Bank Data Breach Impacts 7.6 Million People
- $3.78M Evolve Bank & Trust data breach class action settlement
Other incidents at Evolve Bank & Trust
Evolve Bank data breach from cyber-attack
Evolve Bank, based in Arkansas in the US, confirmed a cyber-attack and data breach. A lawsuit was later filed against fintech app Affirm in connection with the incident.
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