"Customer accounts and funds are believed to be safe, and there was no impact to the platform's customer-facing operations. To date, Prosper has only confirmed that "confidential, proprietary, and personal information, including Social Security numbers," was affected, and it is yet to confirm the scale. The Register approached the company for a response to the post on HIBP, which is owned by security veteran Troy Hunt."
"A spokesperson said: "We're aware of the statement by Mr Hunt but we are not able to validate his claim. The investigation to determine what data was affected and to whom it belongs remains ongoing." Per the San Francisco-based lending platform's FAQ page dedicated to the attack, it said it believes the unauthorized access to its systems was contained as of September 2, but did not say when the intrusion first began."
HaveIBeenPwned reports 17.6 million individuals were affected by a September cyberattack on Prosper. Allegedly exposed data includes email addresses, browser user agent details, credit status information, dates of birth, employment statuses, government-issued IDs, income levels, IP addresses, names, and physical addresses. Prosper says customer accounts and funds are believed to be safe and confirms some confidential information, including Social Security numbers, was affected but has not confirmed the scale. A spokesperson stated the company cannot validate HIBP's claim and that the investigation remains ongoing; Prosper says unauthorized access was contained as of September 2.
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