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April 18, 2024 05:22 pm
Original Link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/04/18/1722241/hackers-are-threatening-to-publish-a-huge-stolen-sanctions-and-financial-crimes-watchlist?utm_source=r
Hackers Are Threatening To Publish a Huge Stolen Sanctions and Financial Crimes Watchlist
An anonymous reader shares a report: A financially motivated criminal hacking group says it has stolen a confidential database containing millions of records that companies use for screening potential customers for links to sanctions and financial crime. The hackers, which call themselves GhostR, said they stole 5.3 million records from the World-Check screening database in March and are threatening to publish the data online. World-Check is a screening database used for "know your customer" checks (or KYC), allowing companies to determine if prospective customers are high risk or potential criminals, such as people with links to money laundering or who are under government sanctions.The hackers told TechCrunch that they stole the data from a Singapore-based firm with access to the World-Check database, but did not name the firm. A portion of the stolen data, which the hackers shared with TechCrunch, includes individuals who were sanctioned as recently as this year.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/04/18/1722241/hackers-are-threatening-to-publish-a-huge-stolen-sanctions-and-financial-crimes-watchlist?utm_source=r
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