MoneyGram reports cybersecurity issue impacting certain customers
MoneyGram provided an update on its recent cybersecurity issue that affected certain of the company's systems. While the company continues to investigate the issue with the assistance of external cybersecurity experts and has been coordinating with law enforcement, MoneyGram's systems are back online and the company has resumed normal business operations. On September 27, MoneyGram determined that, in connection with this issue, an unauthorized third party accessed and acquired personal information of certain consumers between September 20 and 22, 2024. MoneyGram's investigation is in its early stages and the Company is working diligently to determine which consumers were affected by this issue. The types of impacted information varied by affected consumer and included names, contact information, dates of birth, national identification numbers, a limited number of Social Security numbers, copies of government-issued identification documents, other identification documents, bank account numbers, MoneyGram Plus Rewards numbers, transaction information and, for a limited number of consumers, criminal investigation information.