CarGurus breach exposes data of about 12.5 million accounts
A breach at CarGurus in February exposed the information of around 12.5 million accounts. ShinyHunters initially claimed to have stolen 1.7 million records, and CarGurus launched an investigation into the cyber-attack. Several lawsuits were subsequently brought, with claimants alleging inadequate data protection measures and a failure to give timely notice.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- CarGurus
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Information of around 12.5 million accounts
- Cause / method
- Data leak resulting from a cyber-attack
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- It emerged that CarGurus was investigating a cyber-attack and that ShinyHunters claimed to have stolen 1.7 million records.
- The impact of the data leak was put at 12.5 million accounts.
- It emerged that several lawsuits had been brought against CarGurus alleging inadequate data protection and notification.
4 related reports
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