In brief: Block, the company that used to be called Square and is responsible for the Cash App payment service, has confirmed a data breach was carried out by a former employee who accessed US customer records. Block revealed the Cash App breach in a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 4, writes TechCrunch . It said an ex-employee accessed the customer reports on December 10. “While this employee had regular access to these reports as part of their past job responsibilities, in this instance these reports were accessed without permission after their employment ended,” the filing reads. The accessed reports included customers’ full names and brokerage account numbers. There was also brokerage portfolio value, brokerage portfolio holdings, and stock trading activity for one trading day in the data, though only in some cases. Another Cash App Taxes tip. Enjoy, and file your taxes completely free using Cash App Taxes. https://t.co/4K74Z7urYj pic.twitter.com/J5OwZ5Kxu6 — Cash App (@CashApp) April 2, 2022 Block emphasized that no personally identifiable information, other than names, was exposed—usernames, passwords, Social Security numbers, payment card information, bank account details, and addresses were not accessed. Additionally, only customers in the US were affected. Block… Read full this story
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