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Confidence HighDec 6, 2025700credit.com

700Credit Data Breach Exposes Consumer SSNs and Personal Information

PatternExternal actor · Hacking · Confidentiality impact

700Credit, a provider of credit and identity verification services for automotive dealerships, experienced a data breach that was reported on December 6, 2025. Internal documents confirmed that the breach, identified in late October 2025, exposed consumer names, addresses, and Social Security numbers tied to auto financing applications submitted between May and October 2025. The incident was caused by unauthorized access to a third-party API, allowing attackers to copy records from the 700Dealer.com application layer.

Signal date
Dec 6, 2025
Updated
Jul 2, 2026
Confidence
High
Sources
2 sources
700credit.com logo

700credit

Sector
Manufacturing
Signals
1 linked

Signal context

First seen: Dec 6, 2025

Last updated: Jul 2, 2026

Status: Public signal

Key points

  • 700Credit, a credit and identity verification service, had a data breach reported on December 6, 2025.
  • The breach, identified in late October 2025, exposed consumer names, addresses, and Social Security numbers.
  • Data was linked to auto financing applications submitted between May and October 2025.

Signal analysis

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Affected organization
700credit logo
700credit

Sector: Manufacturing

Likely country: Location not provided

Estimated
Threat source
Hacking activity

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  • Source type: outside the affected organization
Business impact
Potential data exposure

Impact area: Confidentiality

Likely asset: User or customer data

Trend context
63 signals with similar action pattern
  • 2 signals in the same sector
  • 88 signals with the same likely impact area
  • 1 signal linked to this organization/domain
Mentioned entities
700creditData DisclosurePersonal InformationInternalMay and OctoberAPI

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