700Credit data breach hits 5.8 million car dealership customers
Personal information of car dealership customers was leaked at 700Credit, a US credit reference and data services company. The number of people affected was initially put at about 5.6 million and later at 5.8 million, with 18,000 car dealerships involved. Lawyers also launched investigations into the breach.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- 700Credit
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Personal information of 5.8 million car dealership customers
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- United States
If your data was exposed
- Don’t tap links in texts, calls or emails that mention this incident and offer compensation, refunds or breach checks. Check directly on the organisation’s official website or app.
Timeline
- A data breach affecting 18,000 car dealerships and 5.6 million customers was disclosed.
- It was disclosed that the victims included 160,000 Michigan residents.
- The number of people affected by the personal data breach was put at 5.8 million.
- It was disclosed that lawyers had launched investigations into the breach.
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