Hertz hack exposes customer personal data and driving licence details
Hertz had customer personal data stolen in a 2024 hack. The stolen data included driving licence and credit card details for some customers, and the incident was linked to the Cleo hack. Hertz disclosed the breach, and legal action was subsequently brought.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Hertz
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Customer personal data, including driving licence and credit card details for some customers
- Cause / method
- Theft of customer data linked to the Cleo hack
- Location
- United States
If your data was exposed
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- Turn on payment alerts in your card issuer’s app, and if you see a charge you don’t recognise, ask the issuer to block and reissue the card.
Timeline
- Hertz confirmed the theft of customer personal data and driving licence details.
- It emerged that the incident was linked to the Cleo hack and that some customers' credit card details had also been exposed.
- It emerged that legal action had been brought over the customer personal data breach.
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