Data Breach Warning
Attorney General William Tong urged Robinhood users to exercise additional caution following a data breach that exposed millions of customer names and email addresses. The online stock trading platform confirmed today that a hacker tricked a customer service representative over the phone into turning over access to Robinhood’s customer support systems. That information gave the hacker access to email addresses for five million people, and the full names of two million people. The hacker then demanded a ransom payment from Robinhood. “Data breaches, particularly those involving ransom demands, are a ubiquitous modern threat to businesses and consumers. The Robinhood hacker will likely now use the email addresses and names they have harvested to send phishing emails to try to extract…