"A US fintech biz is writing to nearly 700,000 customers because a former employee may have accessed or acquired their data after leaving the company. FinWise Bank, which offers banking services and technology solutions to other financial services organizations, said some of the data involved belonged to American First Finance (AFF), a poor-credit lender through which FinWise offered installment loans."
""Upon learning of the incident, FinWise immediately launched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals who regularly investigate and analyze these types of situations to help determine whether any sensitive data had been accessed by the former FinWise employee after the end of their employment. On [June 18], our extensive forensic investigation and manual document review discovered that certain files containing your personal information may have been accessed or acquired as a result of this incident.""
FinWise Bank reported that a former employee may have accessed or acquired personal data belonging to nearly 700,000 customers, including records tied to American First Finance (AFF). The incident occurred on May 31, 2024, and was discovered on June 18 following a forensic investigation and manual document review. The Utah-based firm redacted the specific list of data types involved and provided limited public detail. All 689,000 affected individuals were offered 12 months of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection. The incident joins recent high-profile malicious insider breaches at other fintech and tech companies.
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