Loan company breach sees nearly 750,000 users have financial info, SSNs leaked
- Heights Finance breach exposed sensitive customer data via a compromised third‑party cloud platform
- Stolen records included contact details, financial info, and government identifiers
- Over 700,000 Texans affected; company offers credit monitoring and identity protection
US loan company Heights Finance has revealed it suffered a cyberattack earlier in 2026 in which it lost sensitive data on hundreds of thousands of its customers.
The company published a data breach notification on its website, disclosing that on May 7 2026, it saw an “unauthorized actor” gaining access to a cloud-based platform, hosted by a third party, which the company uses to store certain customer data.
The breach was limited to that cloud platform only and did not affect its loan management system, or other systems and networks.
At least 700,000 victims
As is standard practice in these incidents, Heights Finance notified the relevant authorities and brought in outside cybersecurity help.
The subsequent investigation...
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