Security News > 2023 > January > Zacks Investment Research data breach affects 820,000 clients
Hackers breached Zacks Investment Research company last year and gained access to personal and sensitive information belonging to 820,000 customers.
Founded in 1978, the company helps investors with stock buying decisions by using advanced financial data analytics algorithms.
It is unclear if any data was stolen but the information exposed during the breach includes full names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and user passwords for the Zacks.com website.
In the data breach notice delivered to affected individuals, the company clarifies that the incident impacted only customers of the Zacks Elite product that joined between November 1999 and February 2005.
The investment research firm says it has no evidence that financial data has been exposed due to the security breach.
Those using SMS-based 2FA to secure online investment accounts should switch to a different phone number or 2FA method, as the exposed data can be leveraged by SIM swappers to port the numbers on clone cards and take control of the protected accounts.
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