MoneyGram has confirmed the theft of personal information of the user and to the data of the transactions during the attack on the cyber space to be gone by the end of September. After the intervention, and the service was suspended for five days. The american company is one of the most important in the transfer of money. It serves over 50 million people each year in more than 200 countries, including Italy.
The investigation is still ongoing
MoneyGram, wrote on the official web-site, that unauthorized access has been detected on the 27th of September. Four days ago, it was shared on the X that he had discovered “a problem of cyber security,” which has touched some of the other systems. The intervention has taken place between the 20th and the 22nd of September.
After the investigation (still ongoing), MoneyGram discovered that they had stolen the data of the different users: name, first name, phone number, email address, home address, date of birth, social security numbers, and copies of the documents to be used for the identification, bank account numbers, and the information of the transaction ( date and amount).
The number and nature of the data varies according to the user specified in the communication sent to each of them. As a proactive, systems, and was taken away off the line. It alerted the police, and have started the investigation with the cooperation of external experts to the security.
MoneyGram did not give details about the intervention. This was not an attack ransomware. Engineering, and social, it is likely to be used to get the credentials of an employee who provides a service to the customer. At the moment, none of the criminal group broadcasting, has not claimed responsibility for the attack.
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