MoneyGram cyber-attack leaks customer data and halts transfers
MoneyGram was hit by a cyber-attack in September 2024 that disrupted its money transfer services for several days. As it shut down some systems to respond to the incident, website access and customers' ability to send and receive money were suspended. In October it said customers' personal and transaction information had been stolen, and the leaked information included Social Security numbers and bank account details.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- MoneyGram
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Leak of customer personal and transaction information; suspension of money transfers and receipts
- Cause / method
- Theft of customer information through external hacking
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- The company confirmed that a cyber-attack was behind a service outage lasting several days and shut down some systems in response.
- The company said hackers had stolen customers' personal and transaction information.
- It came to light that the leaked information included Social Security numbers and bank account details.
- The company replaced its chief executive following the customer data breach.
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