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270,000 Wonga customers hit by possible data breach

Former_MSE_Faye Posts: 147 Forumite

10 April 2017 at 9:59AM in Loans

The payday lender is investigating an "illegal and unauthorised access" of customer info including bank account details...

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'270,000 Wonga customers hit by possible data breach'

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  Thandersen Posts: 10 Forumite

  10 April 2017 at 10:28AM

  Thanks for sharing!

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  BG350 Posts: 9 Forumite

  10 April 2017 at 10:33AM

  Wow - this is crazy!

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  VT82 Posts: 1,091 Forumite

  

  10 April 2017 at 10:40AM

  OK, I'll be the first to say it...
  
  What's the point of trying to scam Wonga customers when they have no money to be scammed of anyway?!?!

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  [Deleted User] Posts: 0 Newbie

  

  10 April 2017 at 10:51AM

  And here was me, thinking short term loans were linked to someone's payday so yes IMPORTANT.
  
  Might not have occurred to you not all payday loan customers are benefit claimants.

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  [Deleted User] Posts: 0 Newbie

  

  10 April 2017 at 7:38PM

  Deleted%20User wrote: »

  And here was me, thinking short term loans were linked to someone's payday so yes IMPORTANT.
  
  Might not have occurred to you not all payday loan customers are benefit claimants.

  
  I'd love to see your evidence for this "assumption???

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