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Evolve Bank and Trust victim of ransomware attack and data breach (twitter.com/mikulaja)
3 points by hanniabu 4 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



> While Evolve is perhaps best known as the bank partner of now-bankrupt Synapse, it supports numerous other high-profile fintech partners, including: Mercury, Stripe, Affirm, Airwallex, Alloy, Bond (now part of FIS), Branch, Dave, EarnIn, TabaPay, and numerous others. It has previously worked with Wise and Rho, though both have since migrated to other bank partners.

Leaked account holder info: name & address, email, phone, unencrypted SSN/TIN, DOB, fintech platform

Leaked account info: status, type, balance, last activity, opened date, account number, daily limits


"clear text files that containing end user PII, including SSNs, card PANs, wires, and settlement files."

https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/enfo...

"Examinations conducted in 2023 found that Evolve engaged in unsafe and unsound banking practices by failing to have in place an effective risk management framework for those partnerships"




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