Personal data of 128,000 customers of moneylenders stolen af...

SINGAPORE: The personal information of about 128,000 customers of moneylenders has been stolen after a third-party IT vendor was hacked. The Ministry of Law (MinLaw) on Thursday (Jul 25) confirmed the data breach involved borrower data of 12 licensed moneylenders that are using the services of Ezynetic, a third-party IT vendor they engaged. Ezynetic's system is not hosted on or linked to the government's network, said MinLaw, which is the regulator of licensed moneylenders. The ministry added that Ezynetic's system was "accessed by a malicious actor" and data containing "personal identifiable information" was leaked. The 12 moneylenders are Ban King Credit, Credit 21, Lending Bee, Katong Credit, Credit Thirty3, GS Credit, 1AP Capital, Creditmaster, BST Credit, U Credit, Horison Credit and Credit Matters. The moneylenders and Ezynetic have made reports to the police, the Cyber Securi...