Have I Been Pwned logs 17.6M victims in Prosper breach

Data breach tracker HaveIBeenPwned claims the victim count of peer-to-peer lender Prosper's September cyberattack stands at 17.6 million. In the first breakdown of affected data since Prosper disclosed the attack last month, HIBP alleges that email addresses – as expected – were affected, as well as a slew of other personal …

[Androgynous Cupboard]

Comparing apples and oranges

If you're as troubled by numbers like "2.6 billion" as I am, given a planetary population of 8 billion, that number was referring to "lines of data" in the breach; the subject of this breach is allegedly 17M "individuals".

[GoneFission]

>As is customary in cases of data theft in the US, Prosper confirmed it will be offering affected individuals free credit monitoring services

It will never cease to amaze me that the reparation for having your personal information & data handled recklessly is a coupon to a service that requires your personal information & data

[simonlb]

This is probably one of the few customer protections US citizens can currently enjoy, although there will almost certainly be one or two members of Congress who firmly believe this requirement to be an odious burden on the companies involved and should be removed.

[David Hicklin]

At this rate it will be cheaper and easier just to give this to everyone on the planet which every company paying a small tithe annually...