Cybersecurity

UniCredit Staff Data for Sale on Cybercrime Forum After Hack

  • Third-party recruiting platform in Romania breached, firm says
  • UniCredit says no evidence systems have been accessed
A customer uses an ATM at an UniCredit bank branch.Photographer: Alessia Pierdomenico/Bloomberg
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Data on about 3,000 UniCredit SpA employees was put up for sale on cybercrime forums after a hacking attack.

The data went on sale on April 19 and contained what the hacker said was information on UniCredit workers, including emails, phone numbers, encrypted passwords and names, Telsy, a unit of Telecom Italia SpA, wrote on its website Monday.