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,…








