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“#Robinhood Data Breach Exposes 7 Million Customers\u2019 Private Info \u2013 Review Geek”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The popular Robinhood stock trading app<\/a> suffered a critical data breach on November 3rd. According to a blog post<\/a> from the company, around 7 million customers were affected, and hackers managed to obtain the full names, ZIP codes, and birthdays of around 300 people. At least ten customers lost \u201cextensive account details\u201d in the breach.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, the majority of customers impacted by this data breach (5 million) only had their email addresses exposed to hackers. But around 2 million people had their full names exposed, and again, hundreds of people lost some pretty sensitive data.<\/p>\n

Robinhood claims that a customer-support employee was tricked into giving a hacker access to internal systems. It\u2019s a damming revelation, and it shows that Robinhood has learned very little since its 2019 data breach (which was the result of storing sensitive info in plaintext<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Will it ever end @troyhunt<\/a>? Just got this email from the Robinhood investing app. I closed my account a while ago since I leavened I\u2019m bad at investing. pic.twitter.com\/YfgvU74t4x<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Austin Farley (@farleyaustin) November 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The lack of transparency here is also frustrating. Robinhood says that the hacker (or hackers) put forth an extortion payment after stealing customer info, but the company hasn\u2019t announced if it paid the money.<\/p>\n

Oh, and there\u2019s one very annoying detail to this story\u2014Robinhood withheld its announcement until 4 PM EST. That\u2019s when the NYSE closes. While this interesting timing may prevent people from wildly selling off stock (you should just transfer to another broker<\/a>), it also means that Robinhood\u2019s stock actually closed with a 2.6% gain<\/a> today. (For what it\u2019s worth, the stock fell 3% during after-hours trading.)<\/p>\n

If you were impacted in this data breach, Robinhood will send you an email explaining what (if any) personal info was exposed. Either way, we suggest that all Robinhood users update their passwords. If you aren\u2019t using unique passwords for every app or website, please download a password manager to help you get the job done right.<\/p>\n

Source: Robinhood<\/a><\/small>\n<\/div>\n