2008 — LendingTree: Outside loan companies may have accessed…
Data compromised
Personal information
Technical writeup
Outside loan companies may have
accessed information, including Social Security numbers, between October
2006 and early 2008 and used it to market their own mortgages to LendingTree
customers. Several former employees may have shared confidential passwords
with a handful of lenders that were not approved by the
company.
Root cause
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