PeerBerry user data hacked
PeerBerry has reported a security incident on its platform, whereby cybercriminals accessed customer data and uploaded it onto a forum.
The European peer-to-peer lending marketplace said that the data, which was uploaded on one of the hacker’s forums, is almost three years old.
As a result, it has launched an investigation into a possible leak of data in 2020 and forced a reset of passwords for all clients registered up until April 2020.
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It also reported the incident to the responsible Authority in Croatia.
“We ensure those clients who registered till April 2020 that your passwords remain safely encrypted and that investors’ accounts, personal IDs, bank account numbers, and similar data have not been compromised,” PeerBerry said in a blog post on its website.
“Investors, who registered on PeerBerry later than April 2020, are in no way impacted by this incident.”
PeerBerry said it recommends all investors to change their password regularly and use two-factor authentication to increase their data protection.
It said that no other security incidents have been identified in its systems and that it carries out regular updates to protect its system and its clients’ data. It also engages external partners to perform regular security checks of its systems.
PeerBerry said any customers with questions or concerns should contact the company’s client support team.
PeerBerry marked its five-year anniversary last month, revealing that it has almost reached the €1.5bn (£1.28bn) lending milestone and accrued just over 61,000 investors.
The company has also been working to repay Ukraine and Russia loans that have been impacted by the war. It said earlier this month that it had paid another €1.8m of these loans, meaning that more than 54 per cent of war-affected loans have now been repaid.