The data of clients of the broker "Freedom Finance" $FRHC were put up for sale on darknet. The leaking database contains data of 16.8 thousand clients: passport data, scan of signature, home address, phone numbers and information about account balances over $100k. "Freedom Finance" $FRHC leaking database has a "testbase" with the data of 50 clients. The media contacted clients from the "testbase" and some of them responded to messages and confirmed their details (including the Freedom Finance bank). Why is the "leaking" of Freedom Finance $FRHC data dangerous? The leaking data makes clients vulnerable to the manufacture of forged documents and replacement of SIM cards, which can result in millions of losses. Personal data leakage is a serious blow to the broker's reputation. ---- Since this is predominantly a Russian broker, so far the sources are only in Russian language. Here's a main Russian financial source (like Bloomberg, Reuters): https://www.rbc.ru/finances/24/12/2020/5fe455da9a7947557a10a976 This is the Tinkoff bank (LSIN: TCS) media https://www.tinkoff.ru/invest/news/515901/ ---- Below is the link of Freedom Finance official broker site (article of the data breach): https://ffin.ru/about/company/us/100894/ but there is no news about it on English version site)) https://www.freedomholdingcorp.com/news-media/press-releases as now they are buying "Prime Executions" that will allow to continue expanding our business by making available to both U.S. and Eurasian market. ---- In Russia, this broker does not have the best reputation .. you can read the reviews here with the help of google translator: https://otzovik.com/reviews/kompaniya_freedom_finance_russia_moscow/ ---- Update. Broker "Freedom Finance" $FRHC confirmed the data breach. The company apologizes for this information security flaw and the inconvenience caused to its clients. https://ffin.ru/about/company/us/100894/ Strong short. Why are stocks going up? Broker "Freedom Finance" $FRHC forces clients to buy shares of their company at least 30% of the deposit in order to get good commissions and allocation for IPO. Clients fail to realize that they are inflating a financial bubble (stocks are up 400% in the last year). and are taking on the subsequent risks of losses. #FRHC
Yeah. Find the borrow.... ....and then watch it quadruple in one day. How'd Joe say it? "Come on man". This is bait bro. fwiw.