Debt relief solutions provider Forth (Set Forth) is notifying 1.5 million individuals that their personal information was compromised in a May 2024 data breach.
The incident, the company revealed in a Friday announcement, was discovered on May 21 and prompted the activation of incident response protocols.
On July 1, Forth determined that the attackers accessed certain documents on its systems, including files containing personal information.
The potentially compromised data, the company says, includes names, addresses, dates or birth, and Social Security numbers.
On November 8, the company started sending written notifications to the potentially affected individuals, noting that the incident also impacts individuals who might have never been customers of Forth, but have been customers of Centrex Software, with which Forth has a business-to-business relationship.
“Forth and Centrex provide cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) solutions powered by the Set Forth platform. This platform allows businesses to collect and share consumer information, with their permission, between its users,” the company says.
Last week, Forth submitted a copy of the notification letter to the Maine Attorney General’s Office and notified it that roughly 1.5 million people were likely impacted by the incident.
The company is providing the affected individuals with 12 months of free identity theft protection services and with instructions on the steps they can take to protect their information.
“Additionally, you should always remain vigilant in reviewing your financial account statements and credit reports for fraudulent or irregular activity on a regular basis. Again, at this time, there is no evidence that your information has been misused,” the notification letter reads.
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