What Happened
In August 2024, AvaTrade, an Ireland-based online financial services platform and forex broker, suffered a data breach discovered on August 16, when a database compromise exposed approximately 313,000 customer records containing private information such as names, surnames, ID numbers, addresses, and other personal details, which were subsequently leaked or advertised on dark web forums. The incident was part of a broader wave of finance-related breaches that year, with the stolen data potentially including contact, financial, and transactional elements, though AvaTrade has not publicly disclosed the event. No specific attack vector was detailed in reports, but the exposure highlights risks in financial institutions’ data handling.
