Standard Bank customers' personal and credit card data exposed
A breach at South Africa's Standard Bank exposed personal information and, for some customers, credit card numbers, expiry dates and bank statements. The bank contacted the affected customers, replaced their cards as a precaution and advised them to strengthen their security. A hacker group claimed to have stolen 1.2 terabytes of the bank's data.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Standard Bank
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Some customers' personal information, credit card numbers, expiry dates and bank statements
- Cause / method
- External hack
- Location
- South Africa
If your data was exposed
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- Turn on payment alerts in your card issuer’s app, and if you see a charge you don’t recognize, ask the issuer to block and reissue the card.
Timeline
- The exposure of some customers' credit card information and bank statements, and the bank's steps to contact customers and replace cards, were made public.
- A hacker group claimed to have stolen 1.2 terabytes of data, and the bank advised customers to strengthen their security.
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Other incidents at Standard Bank
Standard Bank employee copied confidential customer data
Impact: Confidential customer information
A leak of confidential customer information occurred at Standard Bank. The bank confirmed that an employee had copied customer information, while the scale of damage and further response have not been confirmed.
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