Association of Banks sued for leakage of card data

The President of the Association of Banks and Financial Institutions (ABIF), Segismundo Schulin-Zeuthen, filed a complaint with the Metropolitan Prosecutor's Office after mbad filtering of credit card data of 14 thousand customers last week.

"We have filed a lawsuit against those responsible for these information piracy, keeping in mind that banking what happened did not go unnoticed. no greater responsibility. A group of people had illegal access to databases and published them, and on the other hand, it is the responsibility of that company that owns the information that the cardholders gave them and who did not take care of their safety "said the union leader after the presentation of the letter.

"This caused us reputational damage that I think the bank does not deserve. The bank took action and it's a leak that occurred in a corporation, we do not know whether internal or external who had cardholder data stored, "explained Schulin-Zeuthen.

"We have offered all the collaboration, because for banking is very important to protect the information of our customers and to maintain confidence in the means of payment and this has caused us reputational damage that the bank does not deserve "said the representative of Abif.

This is a country issue, which today affects credit cards, but tomorrow it can affect energy or telecommunications, so it is essential to generate at the government level an entity who cares about cybersecurity, "said Schulin-Zeuthen.

The leader pointed out that banking systems have not been compromised and added that "cybersecurity is a national public safety issue. Cybercrime is a global reality and we must be adequately prepared to of other episodes of this nature . "