Truist Bank breach exposes staff and customer data
Truist Bank confirmed a data leak after data stolen in an October 2023 breach appeared on a hacking forum. Based on the results of a further investigation, it notified employees and additional customers of the leak. The attacker claimed to be selling data on about 65,000 employees and bank transaction data, but that figure has not been independently verified.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Truist
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Staff and some customer data leaked; confirmed scale unknown
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- Truist Bank confirmed the breach after stolen data appeared on a hacking forum.
- The bank notified employees and additional customers of the leak based on the results of a further investigation into the October 2023 breach.
3 related reports
Other incidents at Truist
Truist customer information exposed in third-party supplier breach
Impact: Exposure of customer information
Truist customer information was exposed in a data breach at a third-party supplier that took place in February. The specific extent of the damage and the response have not been confirmed.
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