Fidelity Data Breach Exposes Personal Information Of Over 77K Customers

Fidelity Investments has disclosed a significant data breach that compromised the personal information of over 77,000 customers. The breach, which occurred in August, involved unauthorized access to the company’s systems.

What Happened: Fidelity Investments reported that a data breach in August exposed the personal data of over 77,099 customers.

The breach took place between Aug. 17 and Aug. 19, when unauthorized individuals accessed Fidelity’s systems through two newly created customer accounts. The Boston-based firm detected the breach on Aug. 19 and swiftly terminated the unauthorized access.

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In a filing with Maine’s attorney general, Fidelity confirmed that customer accounts ...

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