From securityaffairs.com
The Spanish bank Santander disclosed a data breach at a third-party provider that impacted customers in Chile, Spain, and Uruguay.
The Spanish financial institution Santander revealed a data breach involving a third-party provider that affected customers in Chile, Spain, and Uruguay.
The bank recently became aware of unauthorized access to one of its databases hosted by a third-party provider.
The company announced that it immediately implemented measures to contain the incident. The company blocked the compromised access to the database and established additional fraud prevention controls to protect affected customers.
“We recently became aware of an unauthorized access to a Santander database hosted by a third-party provider.” reads the statement published by the bank. “Following an investigation, we have now confirmed that certain information relating to customers of Santander Chile, Spain and Uruguay, as well as all current and some former Santander employees of the group had been accessed. Customer data in all other Santander markets and businesses are not affected.”