The California Office of the Attorney General reported that LendingTree, LLC experienced a data breach on June 3, 2022, involving a code vulnerability that likely resulted in the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive personal information. The breach potentially affected individuals' names, social security numbers, dates of birth, and street addresses, with the unauthorized disclosure believed to have begun in mid-February 2022.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-555114
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/lendingtree
"id": "len022072625",
"linkid": "lendingtree",
"type": "Vulnerability",
"date": "2/2022",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Financial Services',
'name': 'LendingTree, LLC',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Code Vulnerability',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'social security numbers',
'dates of birth',
'street addresses']},
'date_detected': '2022-06-03',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported that '
'LendingTree, LLC experienced a data breach on June 3, 2022, '
'involving a code vulnerability that likely resulted in the '
'unauthorized disclosure of sensitive personal information. '
"The breach potentially affected individuals' names, social "
'security numbers, dates of birth, and street addresses, with '
'the unauthorized disclosure believed to have begun in '
'mid-February 2022.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'social security numbers',
'dates of birth',
'street addresses']},
'references': [{'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'LendingTree Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Code Vulnerability'}