CIBC have been targeted by hackers.
The personal information of tens of thousands of customers may have been stolen.
They were demanding a $1-million ransom from the bank.
Hackers had accessed the personal and account information of more than 40,000 of the bank's customers.
Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/simplii-data-hack-1.4680575
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/cibc
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"linkid": "cibc",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "05/2018",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 40000,
'industry': 'Financial Services',
'name': 'CIBC',
'type': 'Bank'}],
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 40000,
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information',
'Account Information']},
'description': 'CIBC has been targeted by hackers who accessed the personal '
'and account information of more than 40,000 customers. The '
'hackers demanded a $1-million ransom from the bank.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Personal Information',
'Account Information']},
'motivation': 'Financial Gain',
'ransomware': {'ransom_demanded': 1000000},
'title': 'CIBC Data Breach and Ransom Demand',
'type': 'Data Breach, Ransomware'}