THE central bank reported a new leak of keys linked to the pix, the municipality’s instant payment system. According to the announcement, information was leaked on 2,112 keys, but not sensitive data, which were linked to the electronic payment company LogBank.
In a note, the BC stated that “despite the low amount of data involved, the BC always adopts the principle of transparency in this type of occurrence”.
The leak took place on the 24th and 25th of January, and was the second in less than two months, following a leak of 160,147 Pix keys. linked to the digital bank Access. The first leak of keys occurred on August 24, 2021, 414,526, linked to Banco do Estado do Sergipe.
In all cases, the Central Bank stated that no sensitive data was exposed. In the case of this Thursday’s leak, the information consisted of the user’s name, CPF, relationship institution and account number.
The municipality said that the National Data Protection Agency (ANPD) was notified about the leakand affected people will be notified.
wanted by CNN Brasil BusinessLogBank reported that it suffered a hacking attempt on its digital platforms on January 24 and 25, 2022.
According to the company, “the incident was detected and controlled instantly by security tools and teams. No sensitive data was leaked and there was no undue financial movement or financial loss to customers related to this incident, the scope of which remained extremely limited.”
Source: CNN Brasil
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