Prosper, a peer-to-peer lending marketplace that allows borrowers to apply for loans that investors can then cover, has been hit by a data breach that occurred last month on September 2nd. The breach, according to the company's FAQ page, happened as as a result of “unauthorized queries made on company databases that store customer and applicant data” which allowed a hacker to access customer and applicant information.

The personal information that was exposed includes names, Social Security numbers, government-issued IDs, employment and credit status, income levels, birth dates, physical addresses, IP addresses, and browser user-agent details. Prosper's FAQ page also states that the unauthorized parties did not gain any access to customer accounts or funds, and that customer facing operat

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