Interbank, one of Peru’s leading financial institutions, has confirmed a data breach after a threat actor who hacked into its systems leaked stolen data online.
Interbank disclosed a data breach after a threat actor going by the moniker ‘kzoldyck’ claimed the leak of 3.7 TB of company data. The alleged stolen data includes account IDs, birth dates, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and IP addresses, as well as credit card and CVV numbers, credit card expiry dates, info on bank transactions, and other sensitive information, including plaintext credentials.
Interbank announced that it had resumed its mobile and online platforms after recent outages and assured customers that their funds were not impacted by the security incident.
The threat actor confirmed that Interbank refused to pay the ransom after a two-week negotiation.
Interbank, formally known as the Banco Internacional del Perú Service Holding S.A.A., is a leading Peruvian provider of financial services and has over 2 million customers.
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