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Hackers Expose Data of 1.2 Million Heights Finance Customers

Heights Finance is notifying over 1.2 million customers that hackers accessed a third-party cloud platform holding contact, bank and government ID data.

Heights Finance, a U.S. consumer lender, discovered unauthorized access on May 7, 2026 to a third-party cloud platform used to store customer data; its internal loan management systems and operations were not affected. Exposed data varies by person and may include contact details, financial and bank account information, government IDs and dates of birth for customers, loan applicants, inquirers, and former borrowers of Curo Management and related brands. The company is offering 24 months of free credit monitoring and identity protection; dark web monitoring found no evidence of publication and no threat actor has claimed responsibility.

Security Affairs · 29d agoData breach in the wild

Nearly 750k had financial info, SSNs leaked in South Carolina loan company breach

Heights Finance breach of a third-party cloud platform exposed SSNs and banking data of 734,828 loan customers across 11 states.

Attackers breached a third-party cloud platform used by Heights Finance in May, exposing data on 734,828 customers, according to the company's filing with Texas regulators. Stolen data includes contact details, bank account and routing numbers, Social Security numbers, tax IDs and driver's license numbers. The breach, discovered on May 7, was limited to the cloud platform and did not affect loan management systems. No group has claimed the attack and dark web monitoring has found no evidence of the data being leaked.

The Record · Aug 17, 2026Data breach

France’s tax authority admits hackers made off with data on 678,000 individuals

An attacker used stolen credentials and an MFA bypass to steal tax data on 678,000 individuals from France's tax authority DGFiP.

France's General Directorate of Public Finances (DGFiP) disclosed that intrusions into its portals exposed tax data, including reference tax income, family quotient, withholding tax rate, and business identifiers such as company name and SIREN number, on 678,000 individuals and professionals. An attacker using the alias 'ZeroBytes' claimed credit on a cybercrime forum and offered a stolen database for sale, claiming the portal contains data on roughly 20 million citizens. DGFiP suspended the affected accounts, notified the CNIL, and is working with ANSSI and the finance ministry's security office; it said the main online tax portals and their login credentials were not compromised.

Help Net Security · Aug 17, 2026Data breach