Santander hit by massive hack "all staff" and 30 million customers affected

Date:
Mon, 03 Jun 2024 09:33:11 +0000

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ShinyHunters criminal gang offering a huge Santander database for $2 million.

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The recent data breach at Santander Bank affected not just millions of customers, but also all of its staff, new reports have claimed.

The banking giant recently issued a breach notification letter saying following a supply chain attack, an unauthorized third party had accessed a database with sensitive customer information. It was later discovered that
the attackers stole data from Santanders banks in Chile, Spain, and Uruguay, while the rest of the world was not affected.

Now, researchers from Dark Web Informer found the infamous ShinyHunters hacking collective selling the database on the dark web, BleepingComputer reports. Grabbing the spotlight

As per the hackers sales ad, the database contains personal information of 30 million customers and employees, as well as 28 million credit card numbers,
as well as 6 million account numbers and balances. The asking price is $2 million.

As usual, the sales ad came with a small sample of the data to prove the claims legitimacy, but so far no threat researcher could confirm, or deny,
the database belonging to Santander.

BleepingComputer pointed out that as per Santanders Q1 2024 financial
report, the company has fewer than 20 million customers across Chile, Spain, and Uruguay, while ShinyHunters are claiming 30 million.

Ever since the takedown of BreachForums, and the arrest of Baphomet, ShinyHunters have been getting plenty of limelight. A few weeks back, law enforcement temporarily disrupted BreachForums, the worlds biggest
underground forum for hackers. It was a place where cybercriminals shared stolen data, malware, and other warez. The police also arrested a person with the alias Baphomet, who allegedly set up and was running the forum, together with ShinyHunters.

Since Baphomets arrest, ShinyHunters took over, restoring the forum and
making a few high-profile breaches, most likely to restore the confidence and engage in little PR. So, besides the Santander breach, ShinyHunters also targeted Ticketmaster recently, leaking sensitive information on more than
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