May 13, 2024 at 06:48AM
FBCS announced that personal information of roughly 2.7 million individuals was compromised in a data breach. The breach involved unauthorized access to certain systems, potentially exposing names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and account information. FBCS has taken steps to secure the impacted systems and is offering free credit monitoring services for 12 months to affected individuals.
Based on the meeting notes, the key takeaways are:
– FBCS has disclosed that personal information of approximately 2.7 million individuals was compromised in a recent data breach.
– An additional 724,000 affected individuals have been identified, increasing the total impact estimation to 2,679,555 people.
– The unauthorized access to certain systems occurred between February 14 and February 26, 2024, and compromised information includes names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, account information, driver’s license numbers, and non-driver identification card numbers.
– FBCS secured the impacted systems immediately after identifying the incident and began notifying impacted individuals with the help of its clients, who were informed of the incident starting in early April.
– The debt collector is offering 12 months of free credit monitoring services to the impacted individuals.
– FBCS is a third-party collection agency that collects commercial and consumer debts, with a focus on recovering consumer debts on behalf of creditors.