Nearly half a Million mobile customers of Lloyds Banking Group affected by security incident

**Lloyds Banking Group mobile app data exposure:** A faulty software update rolled out on March 12 caused transaction lists of up to ~447,936 Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland customers to be briefly visible to other users between 03:28 and 08:08; exposed data may include amounts, dates, payment references and possibly National Insurance numbers, though the bank reports no unauthorized transactions or confirmed financial loss and has paid limited compensation for distress.