Qatar National Bank data breach

The Qatar National Bank breach happened on July 1, 2015 and exposed 88,678 accounts. 16 kinds of data were exposed.

Overview

Site

qnb.com

Breach date

July 1, 2015

Recorded on

May 1, 2016

Accounts exposed

88,678

Exposed data

Bank account numbers, Customer feedback, Dates of birth, Financial transactions, Genders, Geographic locations, Government issued IDs, IP addresses, Marital statuses, Names, Passwords, Phone numbers, Physical addresses, PINs, Security questions and answers, Spoken languages

Risk score

99 out of 100

Risk based on the exposed data

This breach scores 99 out of 100. The score is driven mostly by Passwords, Bank account numbers, Government issued IDs.

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What affected users should do

• Change your Qatar National Bank password, and also change it on any other service where you used the same password. You can create a new one with the password generator.
• Turn on two-factor authentication for your login.
• Phone numbers were exposed, so watch out for impersonation by text message or phone call.
• Card or bank details were exposed, so check your statements and contact your card issuer or bank about any charges you do not recognize.
• Answers to security questions were exposed, so change the answers on any service that uses the same questions.
• ID numbers were exposed, so watch out for contracts signed in your name.

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