Robinhood to Pay $45 Million SEC Settlement Over Data Breach, Other Violations

Robinhood’s brokerage units agreed to a $45 million SEC settlement that includes issues related to a November 2021 data breach in which approximately five million users’ email addresses and a separate group of about two million users’ full names were exposed; the intruder gained access by impersonating a Robinhood employee. Read more at [The Wall Street Journal.](https://www.wsj.com/finance/robinhood-to-pay-45-million-sec-settlement-over-data-breach-other-violations-50b837dc)