700Credit

Disclosed Dec 11, 20255,836,521 affectedConfirmed

Hack of 700Credit exposes SSNs of 5.6 million car buyers

700Credit, which runs credit checks for US auto dealers, said a bad actor stole names, addresses, birth dates and SSNs collected from dealers between May and October 2025; at least 5.6 million people were affected.

What is known

People affected	5,836,521 (as reported by the organization)
Disclosed	Dec 11, 2025
Discovered	Oct 25, 2025
Happened	Oct 25, 2025
Attack	Hacking
Data exposed	NamesAddressesDates of birthSocial Security numbers
Sector	Finance · US
Status	Confirmed

Sources

Official noticeoag.ca.gov

California Attorney General breach notice: 700Credit

Official noticeatg.wa.gov

Washington Attorney General breach notice: 700Credit

Official noticeattorneygeneral.delaware.gov

Notice letter filed with the Delaware DOJ: 700Credit

Official noticejustice.oregon.gov

Oregon DOJ breach notice: 700Credit

Newstechcrunch.com

Data breach at credit check giant 700Credit affects at least 5.6 million

Newsbleepingcomputer.com

700Credit data breach impacts 5.8 million vehicle dealership customers

Official noticeoag.my.site.com

Texas Attorney General data security breach report BR-0004729: 700Credit

Official noticeago.vermont.gov

Vermont Attorney General: 2025-12-22 700Credit Data Breach Notice to Consumers

Official noticein.gov

Indiana Attorney General 2025 data breach report: 700Credit

Notices filed

TotalDec 11, 2025

Research5,600,000 people

Residents of CADec 12, 2025

California AGCount not stated

Residents of WADec 12, 2025

Washington AG121,828 people

Residents of ORDec 12, 2025

Oregon DOJ5,836,521 people

Residents of TXDec 16, 2025

Texas AG709,406 people

Residents of DEDec 22, 2025

Delaware DOJ15,432 people

Residents of VTDec 22, 2025

Vermont AGCount not stated

Residents of INDec 22, 2025

Indiana AG87,639 people

History of this record

source2026-09-25

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source2026-09-25

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records2026-09-25

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sector2026-09-25

other to financeby seedSource

data_types2026-09-25

["names"] to ["names","addresses","dob","ssn"]by seedSource

records2026-09-25

5836521 to 5600000by seedSource

disclosed2026-09-25

2025-12-12 to 2025-12-11by seedSource

summary2026-09-25

empty to 700Credit, which runs credit checks for US auto dealers, said a bad actor stole names, addresses, birth dates and SSNs collected from dealers between May and October 2025; at least 5.6 million people were affected.by seedSource

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attack2026-09-25

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Added2026-09-25

First recordedby backfillSource

First seen 2026-09-25 (California AG), confirmed by California AG. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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