Breach Heights Finance data breach impacts over 700,000 customers August 19, 2026 Share By SC Staff (Adobe Stock) Heights Finance has revealed it suffered a cyberattack earlier in 2026, leading to a significant breach of sensitive customer data. The incident involved unauthorized access to a third-party cloud platform used by the company for data storage, as reported by Tech Radar. The breach, which occurred on May 7, 2026, exposed the personal and financial information of potentially over 730,000 Texans, and affected individuals in Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, and South Carolina. Stolen data includes contact details, financial account information, and government identifiers such as Social Security numbers. The attack was limited to a compromised cloud platform hosted by a third party and did not impact Heights Finance's core loan management systems. The company is offering affected customers credit monitoring and identity protection services through Epiq. The specific third-party cloud provider has not been disclosed, and the identity of the attackers remains unknown. Source: Tech Radar SC Staff Related Breach SafePal warns of data breach affecting nearly 40,000 customers SC Staff August 17, 2026 The breach, which occurred between March 2, 2025, and April 11, 2026, exposed customer names, email addresses, shipping addresses, and phone numbers. Breach Trezor confirms shipping partner data breach affecting over 13,000 customers SC Staff August 14, 2026 While the breach was initially believed to affect only recent orders, new information suggests older orders may also be compromised. Breach ShinyHunters group claims responsibility for RingCentral data breach SC Staff August 14, 2026 The incident, which occurred in July, was disclosed by RingCentral as the result of a sophisticated social engineering campaign. Get daily email updates SC Media's daily must-read of the most current and pressing daily news Business Email By clicking the Subscribe button below, you agree to SC Media Terms of Use and Privacy Policy . Subscribe Related Terms Attack Vector You can skip this ad in 5 seconds