First, the filing only mentions that they are contacting 8.2 million customers. It doesn’t confirm that those customers definitely had their data accessed. So it’d be interesting to know what their level of confidence/precaution is there.
> The information in the reports included full name and brokerage account number (this is the unique identification number associated with a customer’s stock activity on Cash App Investing), and for some customers also included brokerage portfolio value, brokerage portfolio holdings and/or stock trading activity for one trading day.
The “some customers” is doing heavy lifting here. If that’s 10%, that’d be enormously damaging, particularly if we’re talking about millions of customers. That information is potentially very dangerous in the wrong hands
Cash App (Square / Block) is basically a Dumpster fire. Their management team is horrible and they utterly hate their customers. Run, don't walk, away from this application if you can avoid using it.
Use one of the other terrible options instead, e.g. Venmo.
Does anyone know why American banking sucks so much there are a myriad of apps trying to sidestep it? Over here in the EU, we have neobanks which are app-only, have great features for their price(often with a free tier), which has forced old traditional banks to innovate and get close to their level. What stops the US banking market from evolving?
The reports did not include usernames or passwords, Social Security numbers, date of birth, payment card information, addresses, bank account information, or any other personally identifiable information. They also did not include any security code, access code, or password used to access Cash App accounts. Other Cash App products and features (other than stock activity) and customers outside of the United States were not impacted.
First, the filing only mentions that they are contacting 8.2 million customers. It doesn’t confirm that those customers definitely had their data accessed. So it’d be interesting to know what their level of confidence/precaution is there.
> The information in the reports included full name and brokerage account number (this is the unique identification number associated with a customer’s stock activity on Cash App Investing), and for some customers also included brokerage portfolio value, brokerage portfolio holdings and/or stock trading activity for one trading day.
The “some customers” is doing heavy lifting here. If that’s 10%, that’d be enormously damaging, particularly if we’re talking about millions of customers. That information is potentially very dangerous in the wrong hands