News19 reports:
Nearly a quarter of a million residents in South Carolina may have had their data exposed in a breach that occurred months earlier, according to state records.
A data breach notice provided to the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs (SCDCA) by Prosper Marketplace Inc. on Dec. 11 stated that the company learned on Sept. 1 of unauthorized activity on its systems. The peer-to-peer lending and personal finance company said it publicly reported the incident on its website on Sept. 17 and began notifying impacted customers on Dec. 9, after the investigation concluded in late November.
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Investigators now believe that personal information was obtained between June and August through searches of company databases that store customer and applicant data. Data potentially in the breach includes the person’s name, social security or national identification number, date of birth, bank account number, Prosper account number, other financial and credit information, driver’s license number, marriage or birth certificate, passport number, tax information, and payment card number.
Read more at News19.
