Security News > 2020 > April > SBA Reports Data Breach in Disaster Loan Application Website
Thousands of small business owners reeling from the aggressive measures taken to halt the spread of the coronavirus may have had their personal information exposed last month on a government website that handles disaster loan applications.
The Small Business Administration said Tuesday that the personal information of more than 7,000 business owners applying for economic injury disaster loans was potentially seen by other applicants on the SBA website on March 25.
The SBA said only the disaster loan program was affected, not the Paycheck Protection Program, which did not begin until April 3 and which is handled by a separate system.
Business owners have had issues with the disaster loan website before.
On March 29, the SBA revised its application process for the disaster loans and owners had to reapply.
News URL
Related news
- 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report: Third-party breaches double (source)
- Food giant WK Kellogg discloses data breach linked to Clop ransomware (source)
- The quiet data breach hiding in AI workflows (source)
- Hertz confirms customer info, drivers' licenses stolen in data breach (source)
- Hertz data breach: Customers in US, EU, UK, Australia and Canada affected (source)
- Landmark Admin data breach impact now reaches 1.6 million people (source)
- Entertainment services giant Legends International discloses data breach (source)
- Yale New Haven Health data breach affects 5.5 million patients (source)
- Frederick Health data breach impacts nearly 1 million patients (source)
- Baltimore City Public Schools data breach affects over 31,000 people (source)