CHINA’S BIGGEST BANKS & AIR CHINA CUSTOMER DATA LEAKED. IS THIS HACKING LINKED TO COVID-19 VIRUS REVENGE?

Customers of China’s largest banking institutions could be exposed to serious danger. According to cybersecurity specialists, an individual recently posted more than a million personal records on a hacking forum. 

Apparently, these records belong to customers of large Chinese banks and include details such as:

• Full names
• Monthly incomes
• Personal identification cards
• Addresses
• Phone numbers

Shortly after the appearance of this report, two institutions (Indusrial Bank and Ping An Insurance) issued communications denying that the information was linked to their customers. Subsequently, Agricultural Bank mentioned that its teams were investigating this incident, although they pointed to a possible falsification of information.

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