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MoneyGram Data Breach Sep 2024

No known CVEs used

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Security Incident Summary

Severity Score

Significant to High

Organization

MoneyGram

Threat Actor

Unknown

Actor Type

Unknown

Type of Breach

Social Engineering

News Timeline

Oct 09, 2024

Additional Report

MoneyGram confirms breach involving SSNs and other customer data csoonline.com - The MoneyGram cyberattack that occurred in September 2024 was executed through a social engineering tactic where attackers masqueraded as employees to infiltrate the IT help desk, gaining access to Wi...
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Oct 08, 2024

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MoneyGram Cyberattack: Sensitive Customer Data Stolen in Major Breach thecyberexpress.com - The MoneyGram cyberattack, occurring between September 20 and 22, 2024, resulted in the unauthorized access and theft of sensitive customer information, including names, phone numbers, email addresses...
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MoneyGram discloses data breach following September cyberattack securityaffairs.com - Following a cyberattack in September 2024, MoneyGram disclosed that threat actors accessed and stole an extensive range of customer data, including contact details, government-issued IDs, Social Secur...
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MoneyGram confirms customer data breach malwarebytes.com - In September 2024, MoneyGram experienced a data breach that exposed sensitive customer data such as names, contact details, Social Security numbers, government-issued IDs, and bank account details. Th...
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Oct 07, 2024

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MoneyGram confirms hackers stole customer data in cyberattack bleepingcomputer.com - In the September 2024 cyberattack on MoneyGram, it was revealed that the attackers had unauthorized access to the company's network earlier than initially reported, between September 20 and 22, and st...
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Oct 05, 2024

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MoneyGram: No evidence ransomware is behind recent cyberattack bleepingcomputer.com - The recent cyberattack on MoneyGram, leading to a five-day outage in September, was identified as originating not from ransomware but through a social engineering attack on the internal help desk, all...
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Sep 25, 2024

Additional Report

Financial Services Giant MoneyGram Systems Down After Cyberattack thecyberexpress.com - MoneyGram International is working to restore its systems after a significant cyberattack that disrupted operations, identified on September 23, 2024. Initial investigations revealed that the company ...
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Sep 24, 2024

Initial Disclosure

MoneyGram confirms a cyberattack is behind dayslong outage bleepingcomputer.com - MoneyGram confirmed that the system outages starting on Friday, September 20, were due to a cyberattack, marking the first official acknowledgment of the incident. They have taken systems offline as a...
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Cyberattack Causes MoneyGram Service Outage securityweek.com - MoneyGram International experienced a cyberattack starting on September 22, 2024, prompting the company to take systems offline to contain the incident and resulting in ongoing service disruptions, in...
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MoneyGram Goes Offline After Vague Cyber Woes darkreading.com - On September 23, MoneyGram confirmed it took its systems offline due to a cybersecurity issue and launched an investigation with third-party cybersecurity experts and law enforcement involvement. The ...
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A cyberattack on MoneyGram caused its service outage securityaffairs.com - On September 22, 2024, MoneyGram experienced a cyberattack that resulted in a significant service outage, affecting both in-person and online money transfer services. The company's decision to take sy...
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Sep 23, 2024

Initial Disclosure

'Cybersecurity issue' takes MoneyGram offline for three days – and counting go.theregister.com - MoneyGram experienced a cyber intrusion that led them to proactively take their systems offline, impacting in-person and online payment services since September 20, 2024. While the company has not con...
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Organization Details

Organization Size

2500

HQ Location

Dallas, Texas

Industry

Financial Services

Security Stack used by MoneyGram at time of breach (best approximation) Why?

Network Security

VPN/SASE

IDS/IPS

Endpoint Security

EDR

MDM

Identity Management

SSO / MFA

IGA

Application Security

WAF

SCA

Cloud Security

CASB

CWPP

SIEM / Threat Intel

SIEM

TIP

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What is MoneyGram?

MoneyGram International Inc. is a global financial technology company that specializes in cross-border peer-to-peer payments and money transfer services. Founded in 1940, the company has evolved through various mergers and acquisitions to become one of the largest money transfer companies in the wor...
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Security Incident Summary

Severity Score

Insignificant

Organization

Threat Actor

Actor Type

Type of Breach

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