Robinhood App Hit by Data Breach Exposing Users’ Emails, Names

Author: AFP

Publisher: The Economic Times

Publication Year: 2021

Summary: The following article details how on November 3, 2021, a hacker snatched approximately 5 million email addresses and 2 million users’ names with a technique called “social engineering” from Robinhood. Luckily, no Social Security numbers, bank account numbers, or debit card numbers were exposed.