Nelnet Servicing, LLC

Edfinancial and OSLA student loan account registration info hacked in Nelnet breach.

2.5 million people are affected.

Many student loan borrowers caught a huge break this week with government forgiveness of some student loan debt.

The information that could have been subject to unauthorized access includes name, address, email address, phone number, and Social Security number.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/edfinancial-and-osla-student-loan-account-registration-info-hacked-in-nelnet-breach-2-5-million-affected/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/nelnet-servicing-llc

"id": "nel2226251022",
"linkid": "nelnet-servicing-llc",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "08/2022",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"

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                        'industry': 'Financial Services',
                        'name': 'Edfinancial',
                        'type': 'Company'},
                       {'industry': 'Financial Services',
                        'name': 'OSLA',
                        'type': 'Company'},
                       {'industry': 'Financial Services',
                        'name': 'Nelnet',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 2500000,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['name',
                                              'address',
                                              'email address',
                                              'phone number',
                                              'Social Security number']},
 'description': '2.5 million people are affected. The information that could '
                'have been subject to unauthorized access includes name, '
                'address, email address, phone number, and Social Security '
                'number.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['name',
                                 'address',
                                 'email address',
                                 'phone number',
                                 'Social Security number']},
 'title': 'Edfinancial and OSLA Student Loan Account Registration Info Hacked '
          'in Nelnet Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}