Have I Been Pwned logs 17.6M victims in Prosper breach

Data breach tracker HaveIBeenPwned claims the victim count of peer-to-peer lender Prosper's September cyberattack stands at 17.6 million.

In the first breakdown of affected data since Prosper disclosed the attack last month, HIBP alleges that email addresses – as expected – were affected, as well as a slew of other personal information. This included:

• Browser user agent details
• Credit status information
• Dates of birth
• Employment statuses
• Government-issued IDs
• Income levels
• IP addresses
• Names
• Physical addresses

Customer accounts and funds are believed to be safe, and there was no impact to the platform's customer-facing operations.

To date, Prosper has only confirmed that "confidential, proprietary, and personal information, including Social Security numbers," was affected, and it is yet to confirm the scale.

The Register approached the company for a response to the post on HIBP, which is owned by security veteran Troy Hunt.

A spokesperson said: "We're aware of the ...