Santander Flags Data Breach Hitting Some Clients, All Staff (1)

Banco Santander SA said data managed by an external party was accessed without authorization, affecting information of clients and staff.

“We recently became aware of an unauthorized access to a Santander database hosted by a third-party provider,” the Spanish lender said in a release on Tuesday. “Certain information relating to customers of Santander Chile, Spain and Uruguay, as well as all current and some former Santander employees of the group had been accessed.”

The bank said it has “immediately implemented measures to contain the incident.” It added that “no transactional data or credential that would allow transactions to take place ...