Australia’s Commonwealth Bank lost 20 Million customer records

Posted on May 4, 2018

Australia’s Commonwealth Bank lost 20 Million customer records

According to thebroadcaster ABC, the data were supposed to have been destroyed when a sub-contractor after the dismantled a data centre. The sub-contractor did not provide the bank the documentation to confirm this the disruption of the magnetic data tapes, anyway the bank tried to downplay the situation confirming that the records don’t include passwords, PINs or other financial or sensitive information.

Source: securityaffairs.co