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Robinhood Hack Exposes Millions of Customer Names, Email Addresses

2021-11-0822:221www.wsj.com

The trading app said an intruder gained access to its systems last week and made off with the personal information of millions of its users.

Ransomware attacks are increasing in frequency, victim losses are skyrocketing and hackers are shifting their targets. WSJ’s Dustin Volz explains why these attacks are on the rise and what the U.S. can do to fight them. Photo illustration: Laura Kammermann

Robinhood Markets Inc. said Monday that an intruder gained access to its systems last week and made off with the personal information of millions of its users.

The trading app said in a blog post that the incident took place on Wednesday evening and that the breach has since been contained.


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