Student Loan Breach Exposes 2.5M Records
Source Threatpost
Description
A data breach at Nelnet Servicing exposed personal information of approximately 2.5 million student loan account holders. The exposed data included names, home addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, and social security numbers, but did not include financial information. The breach occurred between June 1 and July 22, 2022, and was discovered on August 17, 2022. Nelnet took immediate action to secure their systems and launched an investigation with third-party experts. The exposed data could be used in future social engineering and phishing campaigns, especially in the context of recent student loan forgiveness programs. Affected individuals have been offered two years of free credit monitoring and identity theft insurance.