The payday loan firm Wonga suffered from a data breach incident that affected 245,000 customers in the UK.
The compromised information includes names, addresses, phone numbers, bank account numbers, and the last four digits of customers' bank cards.
They investigated the incident and offered support through a dedicated phone line.
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-39544762
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/wonga-com
"id": "won134027822",
"linkid": "wonga-com",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "04/2017",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': '245,000',
'industry': 'Financial Services',
'location': 'UK',
'name': 'Wonga',
'type': 'Payday Loan Firm'}],
'customer_advisories': 'Dedicated phone line for support',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': '245,000',
'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
'addresses',
'phone numbers'],
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'phone numbers',
'bank account numbers',
'last four digits of bank '
'cards']},
'description': 'The payday loan firm Wonga suffered from a data breach '
'incident that affected 245,000 customers in the UK. The '
'compromised information includes names, addresses, phone '
'numbers, bank account numbers, and the last four digits of '
"customers' bank cards. They investigated the incident and "
'offered support through a dedicated phone line.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'phone numbers',
'bank account numbers',
'last four digits of bank cards']},
'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Dedicated phone line for support'},
'title': 'Data Breach at Wonga',
'type': 'Data Breach'}