A closure to Hitachi ATM payments network that compromised 3.2 million debit cards in 2016
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In a statement to the media, Hitachi Payment Services confirmed the breach and said that they will continue to undertake all mandatory and regulatory security measures to enhance the security of their systems. "We confirm that our security systems had a breach during mid¬2016. As soon as the breach was discovered, we followed due process and immediately informed the
The report also confirmed that the malware, had been able to work undetected and had concealed its tracks during the compromise period. While the behaviour of the malware and the penetration into the network has been deciphered, the amount of data compromised during the above period is unascertainable due to secure deletion by the malware, said the report. Bankers say that the malware was so advanced that it could self destruct after the target was accomplished thereby not leaving behind much of trace to be tracked back to its originator. It was one of the biggest cyber attacks on the debit card network in the history of the Indian banking system. Of the cards, 2.6 million were said to be on the Visa and Master¬Card platform and 600,000 on the RuPay platform and the worst hit were ICICI Bank, Yes Bank,
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