A data leak at Belgian merchant bank Degroof Petercam has compromised the data of hundreds of the bank’s clients, including major Belgium companies and corporations.
An employee of the bank abused his access to customer information and illegally downloaded client files.
Some of the leaked information includes the data such as addresses, emails, telephone numbers, user IDs, bank account numbers, passport and ID card numbers, and financial data.
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/degroofpetercam
"id": "deg038251222",
"linkid": "degroofpetercam",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "12/2022",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'Hundreds',
'industry': 'Finance',
'location': 'Belgium',
'name': 'Degroof Petercam',
'type': 'Merchant Bank'}],
'attack_vector': 'Insider Threat',
'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': True,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'type_of_data_compromised': ['addresses',
'emails',
'telephone numbers',
'user IDs',
'bank account numbers',
'passport and ID card numbers',
'financial data']},
'description': 'A data leak at Belgian merchant bank Degroof Petercam has '
'compromised the data of hundreds of the bank’s clients, '
'including major Belgium companies and corporations. An '
'employee of the bank abused his access to customer '
'information and illegally downloaded client files. Some of '
'the leaked information includes the data such as addresses, '
'emails, telephone numbers, user IDs, bank account numbers, '
'passport and ID card numbers, and financial data.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['addresses',
'emails',
'telephone numbers',
'user IDs',
'bank account numbers',
'passport and ID card numbers',
'financial data']},
'motivation': 'Unknown',
'threat_actor': 'Employee',
'title': 'Data Leak at Degroof Petercam',
'type': 'Data Leak',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Employee Access Abuse'}