The EasyPark-owned company informed that the data of at least 950 customers had been stolen by the hackers. The data included names, phone numbers, addresses, email addresses and parts of credit card numbers.
According to the company, the compromised information is “non-sensitive” and claims that “no combination of this stolen data can be used to perform payments.”
However, it has warned customers have been warned against phishing scams, where threat actors use stolen customer details to send them emails and text messages, that look convincing, in order to scam the target victims.
While British customers were the least affected by the breach, data of thousands of Europe-based customers are feared to be compromised. It needs to be made clear as to who is behind the data breach.
Easypark further informs that it was “reaching out to all affected customers.” Meanwhile, RingGo claims to be “UK’s number one parking app,” with over 19 million customers.
Using the company’s app, drivers pay for parking using their smartphones by providing information about their vehicle, like the license plate number, and payment information, like a credit or debit card.
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