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3.2milliondebitcardscompromisedSBI,HDFCBank,ICICI,
YESBankandAxisworsthit
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BySaloniShukla&PratikBhakta,ETBureau|Updated:Oct20,2016,04.47PMIST
MUMBAI:BanksinIndiawilleitherreplaceoraskuserstochangethesecuritycodesofas
manyas3.2milliondebitcardsinwhat'semergingasoneofthebiggesteverbreachesof
financialdatainIndia,peopleawareofthemattersaid.Severalvictimshavereported
unauthorisedusagefromlocationsinChina.
Ofthecards,2.6millionaresaidtobeontheVisaandMasterCardplatformand600,000on
theRuPayplatform.TheworsthitofthecardissuingbanksareStateBankofIndia,HDFC
Bank,ICICIBank,YESBankandAxisBank,thepeoplesaid.
ThebreachissaidtohaveoriginatedinmalwareintroducedinsystemsofHitachiPayment
Services,enablingfraudsterstostealinformationallowingthemtostealfunds.Hitachi,which
providesATM,pointofsale(PoS)andotherservices,couldn'tbereachedforcommentlate
Wednesday.
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AforensicaudithasnowbeenorderedbyPaymentsCouncilofIndiaonIndianbankserversandsystemstodetecttheoriginoffraudsthat
mighthavehitcustomeraccounts.NPCIManagingDirectorAPHotasaid:"Wehavereceivedcomplaintsfrombanksaboutdebitcards
beingusedinChinawhicharousedsuspicion."
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"ThoughmostofthesuspectedfraudulenttransactionshappenedintheVisaandMasterCardnetwork,wethoughtawholeaforensic
auditoftheentirenetworkwillhelpusfindoutwherethecompromisehappened,"hesaid.
HDFCBanksaidithadalreadytakenactioninthematterafewweeksback."Besidesadvisingthosecustomerswhoweknowhaveused
anonHDFCBankATMintherecentpasttochange(their)ATMPIN,weareadvisingourcustomerstouseonlyHDFCBankATMsaswe
believesecuritycontrolsatsomeoftheotherbankATMsmaynotbeatparwithHDFCBankATMs,"aspokespersonsaid."Wetakethis
opportunitytoreiteratethatit'salwaysprudenttochangeATMPINsfromtimetotime.Itpreventsmisuse."
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TheTimesofIndiahadreportedonWednesdaythatSBIwouldreissue600,000debitcardsfollowingamalwarerelatedsecuritybreach.
SBIhasaskedcustomerstochangetheirPINnumbersaswell.
"Basedonthecomplaintswehavereceived,wearesuspectingacompromiseonthenonSBIATMnetworkwhichcouldincludevarious
whitelabelATMserviceproviders,"SBIChiefInformationOfficerMrutyunjayMahapatratoldET.
"Therefore,asaprecautionarymeasure,wehaveblockedsixlakhdebitcards.Wehaveassuredourcustomersthattherehasnotbeen
anybreachontheATMnetworkofSBI."
Visa,MasterCard,ICICIBank,AxisBankandYESBankdidnotrespondtoqueriessentlateonWednesday.
BankshadbeenreceivingmultiplecomplaintsfromcustomersaboutcardsbeingusedinChinaatvariousATMsandpointofsale
terminals.TheyinturnalertedVisaandMasterCard.AforensicauditisbeingconductedbyBengalurubasedpaymentsecurityspecialist
SISA.
Somesourcessaidthemalwareinfectiontookaboutsixweekstodetect,compromisingtransactionsthattookplaceduringthisperiod.As
manyas3.2millioncardswereusedontheHitachinetworkduringthistime.
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askingusersorreplacingsecuritycodesofas
manyas3.2milliondebitcardsafterthebiggest
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