Marquis Data Breach Impacts Over 780,000 People

The compromised personal and financial information includes names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and card numbers.

Hackers stole the personal and financial information of more than 780,000 individuals after hacking into the network of fintech firm Marquis.

The incident was discovered on August 14, but the investigation into the stolen information took until the end of October to complete.

Last week, Marquis started sending written notification letters to the affected individuals and filed data breach notices with Attorney General’s Offices in several US states.

“Our investigation determined that an unauthorized third party accessed our network and may have accessed and acquired certain files from our systems,” the notification letter filed with the Maine AGO reads.

According to Marquis, the hackers stole personal information such as names, addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and taxpayer identification numbers.

Additionally, they compromised financial information, including account numbers and credit/debit card ...