HSBC Turkey hacked for credit card information
International bank HSBC said on Nov. 13 that its operations in Turkey had been hacked and the personal data of some 2.7 million customersâ credit cards had been compromised, while confirming that no risks had occurred.
HSBC Turkey identified the attack last week through its internal controls.
âWe would like to inform you that HSBC recently identified and stopped a cyber-attack on our credit card and debit card systems in Turkey,â the statement said. âOn identifying the incident, we took immediate action to safeguard our customers. We have launched an ongoing investigation in cooperation with the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency of Turkey and other relevant authorities. All card operations of HSBC Turkey are now functioning normally.â
The information compromised consisted of card numbers and linked account numbers, card expiry dates and card holdersâ names, the bank said.
There is no evidence that any of its customersâ other financial information or personal information was compromised.
The bank stated that its customers may continue to perform all banking transactions as usual.
âAs soon as we could, we established the facts and safeguarded the interests of our customers. We apologize to our customers for this incident,â the statement read.
âWe are using the strength of HSBC Groupâs global network to address this incident, and we have implemented enhanced security measures to improve the security of our information systems and card transactions,â it added.
The bank has nearly 3 million customers in Turkey with 330 branches, according to its website.
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