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May 31, 2024

30,000,000 Customers’ Data Allegedly Exposed and on Sale After Trillion-Dollar Bank Suffers Massive Data Breach: Report

By Daily Hodl Staff

An infamous hacker group says it’s behind a breach at one of the world’s largest banks.

The notorious group ShinyHunters says it’s responsible for a new data breach at Santander, claiming personal information from 30 million customers is now for sale.

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The group says the data will be sold one time to one bidder, for a whopping $2 million.

The cyber threat news outlet Hackread says it has seen the data, which allegedly contains 30 million customer records, 28 million credit card numbers, 6 million account numbers and balances, as well as employee lists and citizenship information.

Santander recently confirmed a data breach, stating “certain information” from an undisclosed number of customers and employees of Santander Chile, Spain and Uruguay are affected.

The banking giant has disclosed few details on the incident, stating only that “transactional data” and “credentials” are not in the open.

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ShinyHunters is also claiming responsibility for a breach at Ticketmaster and says it’s selling data on about 560 million of its customers, including their full names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and order history information.

The group is known for high-profile cyber attacks involving massive companies, including Microsoft, Mashable, AT&T and T-Mobile.

Its activities have placed millions of people’s personal information at risk, prompting significant concern and legal action against the affected companies.

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