Bank of Montreal have been targeted by hackers.
The personal information of tens of thousands of customers may have been stolen.
Hackers were demanding a $1-million ransom from the banks.
Bank of Montreal had stolen data on up to 50,000 of the bank's customers.
The tipsters were the hackers themselves.
Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/simplii-data-hack-1.4680575
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/bank-of-montreal
"id": "bmo2351281022",
"linkid": "bank-of-montreal",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "05/2018",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'Up to 50,000',
'industry': 'Financial Services',
'name': 'Bank of Montreal',
'type': 'Bank'}],
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 'Up to 50,000',
'type_of_data_compromised': 'Personal Information'},
'description': 'Hackers targeted Bank of Montreal, potentially stealing the '
'personal information of tens of thousands of customers. The '
'hackers demanded a $1-million ransom from the bank.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Personal Information'},
'motivation': 'Financial Gain',
'ransomware': {'ransom_demanded': '$1-million'},
'threat_actor': 'Hackers',
'title': 'Bank of Montreal Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach, Ransomware'}