According to the BBC, citing a statement from Banco Santander, the bank confirmed that data pertaining to customers in Chile, Spain, and Uruguay, as well as current and some former group employees, was accessed without authorization [1]. The bank stated that the affected database did not contain transactional data or credentials and passwords that would allow online banking operations [1]. The bank has notified affected individuals and stated that core banking systems were unaffected; unverified attacker claims regarding total customer counts or payment card figures are not adopted here [1].
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Backfill: this event became public on Jun 2, 2024 and we added it on Nov 8, 2026. It is not a new event.
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Santander Confirms Data Incident Involving Customers in Chile and Group Employees
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- Disclosed
- Jun 2, 2024
- Published
- Nov 8, 2026
- Last updated
- Nov 7, 2026
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Who is affected
Industries mainly affected: Finance
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The bank has notified affected individuals and stated that banking systems were unaffected; unverified attacker claims regarding total customer counts or card data volumes should not be relied upon [1].
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- Incident publicly disclosed[1]
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The bank has notified affected individuals and stated that its own banking systems were unaffected; unverified attacker claims regarding total customer counts or payment card volumes are not adopted in this entry [1].
Source excerpt: "However, researchers at cyber-security company Hudson Rock claim that the Santander breach and the apparent Ticketmaster one are linked to a major ongoing hack of a large cloud storage company called Snowflake." [1].
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“However, researchers at cyber-security company Hudson Rock claim that the Santander breach and the apparent Ticketmaster one are linked to a major ongoing hack of a large cloud storage company called Snowflake.”
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