Santander staff and '30 million' customers hacked
They belong to the same gang which this week claimed to have hacked Ticketmaster.
Santander has apologized for what it says is "the concern this will understandably cause" adding it is "proactively contacting affected customers and employees directly." It told the BBC that "UK customer data was not affected or lost in the hack".
"Following an investigation, we have now confirmed that certain information relating to customers of Santander Chile, Spain and Uruguay, as well as all current and some former Santander employees of the group had been accessed," it said in a statement posted earlier this month.
"No transactional data, nor any credentials that would allow transactions to take place on accounts are contained in the database, including online banking details and passwords."
It said its banking systems were unaffected so customers could continue to "transact securely."
In a post on a hacking forum — first spotted by researchers at Dark Web Informer — the group calling themselves ShinyHunters posted an advert saying they had data including
- 30 million people’s bank account details
- 6 million account numbers and balances
- 28 million credit card numbers
- HR information for staff
Santander has not commented on the accuracy of those claims.
- The gang is also selling what it says is a huge amount of private data from Ticketmaster.
- The Australian government says it is working with Ticketmaster to address the issue. The FBI has also offered to assist.
- Some experts have said ShinyHunters' claims should be treated with caution, as they may be a publicity stunt.
- In a statement on Friday, Snowflake said it was aware of “potentially unauthorized access” to a “limited number” of customer accounts.
- It said it appeared hackers had used login information to access a demo account owned by a former Snowflake employee.
- That account "did not contain sensitive data," the company said.
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Santander hit by massive cyberattack: All staff and '30million' customers have personal data stolen by gang 'behind Ticketmaster hack'
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Hackers are attempting to sell personal data of all Santander staff and up to 30 million customers in the latest reported theft by cybercrime gangs.
A group calling themselves the ShinyHunters posted an advert on the dark web claiming to have information including HR personal data, bank account details, credit card numbers and account balances.
The group this week also claimed responsibility for a hack of Ticketmaster.
Santander, which employs 20,000 people in the UK and a total of 200,000 worldwide, has confirmed the data has been stolen.
The bank has apologized for 'the concern this will understandably cause' and said it is currently in the process of contacting affected customers and employees.
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