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# Data breach at fintech giant Figure affects close to a million customers

**[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Blockchain-based lending company Figure suffered a data breach affecting nearly one million customers. Security researcher Troy Hunt analyzed data allegedly stolen by the cybercrime group ShinyHunters and found 967,200 unique email addresses along with customer names, dates of birth, physical addresses, and phone numbers. Figure had previously confirmed the breach but declined to specify the scope or type of data stolen.

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