7,640,112 Customers Hit By Massive Bank Breach – Exposing Names, Social Security Numbers, Locations and Bank Account Numbers

A US bank says more than seven million people are affected by a major hack and data breach that’s impacting multiple financial firms and their customers.

A new data breach notice at the Office of the Maine Attorney General shows a total of 7,640,112 customers at Evolve Bank & Trust have had their sensitive data exposed.

The data, which is reportedly on the dark web, includes customers’ names, Social Security numbers, bank account numbers, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses.

The hack, which was carried out by an infamous Russian-linked group known as LockBit, has also impacted several financial firms that have worked with the bank.

Affirm, which has 18 million customers of its own, believes that the personal information of its Affirm Card users was compromised in the hack.

In addition, Wise, Bilt, Marqeta, Mercury and EarnIn have all either confirmed that some of their customers’ data was also stolen in the breach or announced further investigation is underway.

Evolve Bank & Trust’s system was accessed after an employee clicked on a malicious link in late May.

The bank says its customers should closely monitor their accounts for signs of suspicious activity, and is offering two years of credit and identity monitoring services for those who’ve been impacted.

Multiple proposed class-action lawsuits have already been filed in the wake of the hack seeking people whose private data was or may have been affected.

Evolve has $1.551 billion in total assets and operates 26 physical locations across the US.

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