Hackers say they stole millions of credit cards from Banco BCR

From bleepingcomputer.com

Credit Cards

Hackers claim to have gained access to the network of Banco BCR, the state-owned Bank of Costa Rica, and stolen 11 million credit card credentials along with other data.

This attack was allegedly conducted by the operators of the Maze Ransomware, who have been behind numerous cyberattacks against high-profile victims such as IT services giant Cognizant, cyber insurer Chubb, and drug testing facility Hammersmith Medicines Research LTD.

On their data leak site, the hackers claim to have gained access to Banco BCR’s network in August 2019, but did not proceed with encrypting the devices as “the possible damage was too high.”

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