Robinhood hacked, information of 7 million compromised

• Published date: 09 November 2021
• Publication title: Israel National News (Israel)

The intruder obtained email addresses of about 5 million people as well as full names for a separate group of about 2 million, Robinhood said in a statement.

For some customers, even more personal data was exposed, including names, birth dates and ZIP codes of about 310 people, and more extensive information belonging to a group of about 10, the company stated.

The Menlo Park, California-based brokerage said it believes no Social Security, bank account or debit-card numbers were exposed during the November 3 incident, nor that customers incurred financial losses.

The hacker made threats about what would be done with the compromised information...