Notification of Data Security Incident

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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), 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

Paul Foy, Chief Executive Officer

+44 207 193 4418

Kam Bansil / Ian Mitchell, Investor Relations

+44 207 039 1901

 

Allenby Capital Limited

AIM Nominated Adviser

Alex Brearley / Nick Harriss / Ashur Joseph (Corporate Finance)

+44 20 3328 5656

 

Cavendish Capital Markets Limited

Joint Broker

Stephen Keys / Callum Davidson

(Corporate Finance)

Michael Johnson / Dale Bellis

(Sales)

 

Shore Capital

Joint Broker

Oliver Jackson / James Thomas / Ansh Batura

+44 207 7408 4090

 

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 UK1 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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