REG - RentGuarantor Hldgs - Notification of Data Security Incident

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RNS Number : 6647D  RentGuarantor Holdings PLC  08 May 2026

 

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLE 7 OF
THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATIONS (EU) NO. 596/2014 WHICH FORMS PART OF DOMESTIC UK
LAW PURSUANT TO THE EUROPEAN UNION (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018 ("UK MAR").

 

8 May 2026

RentGuarantor Holdings PLC

 

(the "Company" or "RentGuarantor")

 

Notification of Data Security Incident

 

RentGuarantor (AIM: RGG), a leading provider of rent guarantee services to
prospective tenants seeking to rent property in the UK¹ private rental
sector, announces that it has recently been subject to a global information
systems security incident (Actively exploited cPanel bug exposes millions of
websites to takeover | Malwarebytes
(https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/05/actively-exploited-cpanel-bug-exposes-millions-of-websites-to-takeover)
), whereby one of the Company's servers hosted by a third-party provider has
been compromised by a data breach. The incident was identified promptly, and
an investigation is ongoing by the Company to determine the extent to which
data may have been accessed.

The incident has had no impact on RentGuarantor's operations or other
corporate systems, with current trading activities and financial accounts,
including Company bank accounts, remaining unaffected. The Company has been
quick to take action, including the closure of the identified vulnerability
and the implementation of enhanced additional safeguards to strengthen its
systems and mitigate the risk of recurrence. The Company continues to closely
monitor its security.

The Company believes at this time that the compromised data related to
customer information. As a precautionary measure, the Company advises all
customers to change their account passwords without delay.  The Company has
reported the incident to the Information Commissioner's Office.

The Company will provide further updates as and when appropriate.

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For more information, please contact:

 

 RentGuarantor Holdings PLC                      Allenby Capital Limited

 Paul Foy, Chief Executive Officer               AIM Nominated Adviser

 +44 207 193 4418                                Alex Brearley / Nick Harriss / Ashur Joseph (Corporate Finance)

 Kam Bansil / Ian Mitchell, Investor Relations   +44 20 3328 5656

 +44 207 039 1901

 Cavendish Capital Markets Limited               Shore Capital

 Joint Broker                                    Joint Broker

 Stephen Keys / Callum Davidson                  Oliver Jackson / James Thomas / Ansh Batura

 (Corporate Finance)                             +44 207 7408 4090

 Michael Johnson / Dale Bellis

 (Sales)

 BlytheRay

 Financial PR

 Megan Ray / Will Jones

 +44 207 138 3204

 rentguarantor@blytheray.com

 

About RentGuarantor

RentGuarantor provides a rent guarantee service to tenants wishing to rent
property in the UK(1) from the Private Rental Sector. It is an online service
where applications are managed on a secure and bespoke digital platform
designed and built by the Company. The goal is to make the process as simple
as possible, with applications only taking a few minutes and RentGuarantor
seeking to complete the application on the same day.

(1) Currently excluding Northern Ireland.

 

 

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