Posted On August 24, 2022 Consumer Privacy & Data Breaches
August 24, 2022 – eCapital Corp. reported a data breach after the company was targeted in a recent cybersecurity attack. As a result of the breach, the name, Social Security number, driver’s license number, and/or passport number of certain individuals was compromised. On August 8, 2022, eCapital sent out data breach letters to those individuals whose information was affected by the breach.
The data breach lawyers at Console & Associates, P.C. are going to begin interviewing victims of the breach to determine what damages they sustained and what legal claims may be available to them. If you recently received a NOTICE OF DATA BREACH from eCapital Corp., contact us at (866) 778-5500 to discuss your legal options, or submit a confidential contact form for a free case evaluation.
Below is a portion of the letter that eCapital sent to individuals affected by the data breach:
Dear [Redacted],
We are writing to make you aware of an incident involving a potential exposure of your personal information. Below you will find details of the incident, steps eCapital Corp. (“eCapital”) has taken to protect your information, and measures we are taking to help protect your personal information and prevent similar incidents going forward.
What Happened
On July 22, 2021, eCapital became aware that an unauthorized individual gained access to its network. The incident was unrelated to your account, and we are notifying you out of an abundance of caution. We are not aware of any misuse of your information.
What Information Was Involved
The information accessed contained information gathered as part of normal business operations, which we recently determined in some cases may have included individuals’ names plus one or more of the following: Social Security number, driver’s license number, and/or passport number.
What We Are Doing
eCapital immediately took steps to block the unauthorized access, evaluated security measures to prevent similar attempts in the future, and retained the services of an outside forensic vendor to investigate the incident.
We established a dedicated member support hotline to help address any further questions you may have about the incident at (800) 357-0823. We engaged Experian to provide credit monitoring services at no cost to you. Details of this are below.
What You Can Do
We recommend reviewing the enclosed information outlining steps you can take to protect your information.
As an additional protection, we are providing access to Experian’s® IdentityWorksSM identity and credit monitoring service at no cost to you. To activate the service and start monitoring your personal information please follow the steps below:
Ensure that you enroll by: October 31, 2022 (Your code will not work after this date.)
Visit the Experian IdentityWorks website to enroll: [Redacted]
Provide your activation code: [Redacted]
If you have questions about the product, need assistance with identity restoration or would like an alternative to enrolling in Experian IdentityWorks online, please contact Experian’s customer care team at (800) 357-0823 by October 31, 2022. Be prepared to provide engagement number [Redacted] as proof of eligibility for the identity restoration services by Experian.
For More Information
If you have any questions regarding this incident, please contact the dedicated member support hotline at (800) 357-0823.
