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Over Half a Million Credit Reports and Other Financial Documents Exposed Due to Misconfiguration

A misconfigured database at TransCredit exposed 822,789 records, including credit accounts, loans, banking data, tax IDs and Social Security numbers.

By happier IT 2 min read

Credit Reports Exposed: 500K+

Exploit: Misconfiguration Company: TransCredit Industry: Credit Analysis & Reporting Sources: Website Planet

Over half a million credit reports and other financial documents held by Florida-based financial analysis firm TransCredit have been exposed. The Website Planet research team reported discovering a non-password-protected database that contained 822,789 records. Researchers cautioned that this dataset appears to be concentrated on clients in the transportation sector.

The exposed data includes detailed information on trucking, transport companies and individual drivers. Also included in this data was information about credit accounts, loans, repayment and debt collections as well as financial data like banking information, tax ID numbers and Social Security Numbers.

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