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A hacker disclosed files with nearly 134,000 unique cell phone numbers from Integra Credit & their parent Deinde Financial.
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The compromised files were taken from an old call center the hackers had previously hacked into.
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Some of the information includes the names of customers, telephone numbers, addresses, Account Identifier numbers, and details of the Financial Products.
Dark Web Informer just dropped a bombshell. The verified cybersecurity team on X platform revealed that Integra Credit got hit hard. A hacker leaked a massive database, and thousands of customers now face serious risk.
Joining millions of others whose information has flooded the dark web in recent months, including the 14 million records exposed in the Panera Bread data breach claimed by a hacker group on the same underground forums.
The Chicago-based lending company specializes in bad credit loans and installment loans. They serve people who struggle to get traditional credit. Now those same customers are vulnerable to a whole new set of problems.
Hackers Strike Through Contact Center Weakness
Dark Web Informer notified Integra Credit and Deinde Financial about the breach on February 13, 2026. The hijacked data did not come straight from the systems of the company. Instead, hackers compromised a previous contact center that handled customer information.
A threat actor using the alias “ResPublica” posted the leaked database on dark web forums. Security researchers suggest this isn’t the first time these companies faced data exposure. Earlier breach incidents reportedly affected the same organizations, though those details remain limited to Dark Web Informer’s subscriber base.
Contact center breaches are becoming a major problem across the financial sector. These third-party vendors manage customers’ data that are sensitive but they do not have the adequate security protocols like larger banks. Bad actors know this and so they exploit it.
Criminals Steal Phone numbers, Full names, and Others
The leaked dataset contains customer contact and account-level servicing information that Integra Credit used for daily business operations. Hackers now control a detailed snapshot of customer relationships with the lending company.
Here’s what the database includes:
- Primary and alternate phone numbers for direct customer contact
- Full names, addresses, and email addresses
- Unique account numbers and application IDs
- Financial product identifiers showing what loans customers have
- Delinquency attributes revealing payment problems
- Communication preferences including when customers want to be contacted
- Operational routing data that shows how calls get prioritized
The breach notification reveals that not every record contains all these fields. Some customers have alternate phone numbers listed while others don’t. Certain lending status fields only appear when they apply to specific product types or interaction channels.
This suggests the database captures active customer accounts across different stages. Some people are just applying for loans. Others are making payments or dealing with collection issues. Criminals now have access to all of it.
How Customers Can Protect Themselves Now
Integra Credit and Deinde Financial have yet to publicly comment on this breach and have not confirmed whether or not they are taking action to assist those impacted. For this, over 134,000 people are now at risk. Monitor your monetary accounts for fishy activity. This includes credit cards, bank accounts, as well as any accounts linked to your personal information.
Be suspicious of any phone calls, emails or texts allegedly coming from Integra Credit or any debt collection agency. To authenticate any call from the company, use the phone number on the company’s official website. Do not click links in any email you did not expect and do not give information to any caller who contacts you unexpectedly.
Consider initiating a fraud alert on your credits with one or more of the three key credit bureaus. This will make it more difficult for criminals to open new accounts using your identity. This is free to do and usually only takes a few minutes.
This case is an example of a sad truth. Whenever you give a business your information, you should also consider that they may also share that information with any third party (vendor) that they do business with. If there’s a weak connection in that relationship, it can leave many individuals open to identity theft, as seen in the recent ransomware attack on a Columbia medical practice that exposed thousands of patients’ SSNs after hackers exploited a vendor’s system rather than the hospital’s own network.
