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2016 Postbank/Commerzbank — 70K credit cards replaced

2016 70.0K records affected Share on X

Data compromised

Credit card data

Technical writeup

Third parties gained access to credit card data streams at service provider. Postbank replaced 55K, Commerzbank 15K cards. Other banks (Comdirect, Berliner Landesbank, HVB, Volksbanken) also affected.

Root cause

Third-party service provider breach

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