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2016 — 3,200,000 debit cards (Indian banks)

2016 3.2M records affected Share on X

Data compromised

Debit card data; 641 customers defrauded

Technical writeup

Oct 2016. Malware in Hitachi Payment Systems gateway network compromised 3.2M debit cards across 19 Indian banks. SBI, HDFC, ICICI, Axis, YES Bank worst hit. Fraud detected after cards used in China/US while holders in India. SBI blocked ~600k cards. 2.65M Visa/Mastercard + 600k RuPay. Root cause: malware in payment gateway.

Root cause

Malware in Hitachi Payment Systems payment gateway network.

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