Santander Bank Customers Hit by Ticketmaster Hacker

The same company that claimed to hack the data of 560 million Ticketmaster customers is now reportedly claiming responsibility for a hack impacting up to 30 million Santander Bank customers.

Santander Bank announced on May 14 it was the victim of an attack when it discovered unauthorized access to its database, which the bank said is hosted by a third-party provider. 

“We immediately implemented measures to contain the incident, including blocking compromised access to the database and establishing additional fraud prevention controls to protect affected customers,” the statement read. 

Now, ShinyHunters, the same hacker group that claimed responsibility for breaching TicketMaster’s systems last month, has claimed it stole data from more than 30 million Santander customers and is selling it for $2 million. 

Santander confirmed information from customers of Santander Chile, Spain and Uruguay, as well as all current and some former Santander employees of the group were accessed. Customer data in all other company markets and businesses were not expected to be affected.

Santander said the database does not include any transactional data or credentials that would allow transactions to take place on accounts, including online details and passwords. 

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Ticketmaster last week was the victim of a cyberattack compromising the personal information of 560 million customers after hackers accessed 1.3 terabytes of data including emails, phone numbers, addresses and credit card data.

ShinyHunters also claimed responsibility for that breach and said it is selling that stolen data on BreachForms for $500,000.