"MoneyGram Reveals Data Breach After Incident Downed Services"

US money transfer giant MoneyGram has recently confirmed to customers that their personal information (PII) may have been stolen in a data breach incident.  The firm posted a notice on its website yesterday.  The company claimed that it discovered evidence of the breach on September 27 after an "unauthorized third party" was able to access the PII of an unknown number of customers between September 20 and 22.  The impacted information included "certain affected consumer names, contact information (such as phone numbers, email, and postal addresses), dates of birth, a limited number of Social Security numbers, copies of government-issued identification documents (such as driver's licenses), other identification documents (such as utility bills), bank account numbers, MoneyGram Plus Rewards numbers, transaction information (such as dates and amounts of transactions) and, for a limited number of consumers, criminal investigation information (such as fraud)." The type of information affected by the data breach varies for each individual.

Infosecurity Magazine reports: "MoneyGram Reveals Data Breach After Incident Downed Services"