Hertz hack exposes customer personal data and driver's license information
Hertz had customer personal data stolen in a 2024 hack. The stolen data included driver's license and credit card information for some customers, and the incident was linked to the Cleo hack. Hertz disclosed the breach, and lawsuits were subsequently filed.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Hertz
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Customer personal data, including driver's license and credit card information 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 recognize, ask the issuer to block and reissue the card.
Timeline
- Hertz confirmed the theft of customer personal data and driver's license information.
- It emerged that the incident was linked to the Cleo hack and that some customers' credit card information was also exposed.
- It emerged that legal action had been brought over the customer personal data breach.
8 related reports
- Hertz Data Breach Investigation
- Hertz says customers’ personal data and driver’s licenses stolen in data breach
- Hertz says hackers stole its customer data
- Hertz confirms customer info, drivers' licenses stolen in data breach
- Hertz Discloses Data Breach Linked to Cleo Hack
- Hertz says 2024 hack exposed some customers' driver license and credit card data
- Hertz data breach exposes customer information
- Hertz data breach exposed customers’ personal information, lawsuits claim
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