British Payday Lender Warns Customers of Data Breach

Customers in Britain and Poland may have been affected by a major data breach of British payday lender Wonga, according to Reuters. 

Up to 270,000 former and current customers' personal information, including addresses and bank account numbers, could have been compromised by the hack, which was detected April 4, Reuters reported, citing a source close to the lender. 

"We are urgently working to establish further details and contacting those who we know have been impacted," Wonga said in a statement on its website. "The information may have included one or more of the following: name, e-mail address, home address, phone number, the last four digits of your card number (but not the whole number) and/or your bank account number and sort code."

The lender said it began notifying customers April 8, after it realized personal data may have been compromised.