Breach at procurement firm Chain IQ leaks UBS employees' business contact details
SpilloverSpillover from the Chain IQ incident · View original incident →Swiss procurement services firm Chain IQ was hit by a cyber-attack that leaked data of clients including UBS and Pictet. Data of 130,000 UBS employees was reportedly affected, and the leaked information included employees' business contact details. World Leaks claimed to have stolen about 910GB, or more than 1.9 million files, while UBS said bank client information was not affected.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- UBS
- Original incident
- Chain IQ cyber-attack leaks data linked to UBS and others
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Data of 130,000 UBS employees
- Cause / method
- Cyber-attack on external procurement services firm Chain IQ
- Location
- Switzerland
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Timeline
- UBS and Pictet confirmed a data leak resulting from a cyber-attack on a supplier and said bank client information was not affected.
- It came to light that employees' business contact details were stolen in the Chain IQ breach and that World Leaks claimed to have stolen about 910GB, or more than 1.9 million files.
Original incident
This is spillover from the Chain IQ incident.
Chain IQ cyber-attack leaks data linked to UBS and others
Impact: Data related to UBS, Pictet, KPMG and others
Chain IQ was hit by a cyber-attack that resulted in a data leak. The leak affected several companies, including UBS, Pictet and KPMG.
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