Data of 900 thousand clients of Russian banks hit the open access

Personal data of the clients of Russian OTP Bank, Alfa Bank and HCF Bank were freely available, Kommersant reports. Thus, the network got the names, phone numbers, passport data and information about the place of work of more than 900 thousand users.

The database contains information about 55 thousand clients of Alfa-Bank, the database of clients of OTP-Bank – about 800 thousand people, and HCF-Bank – about more than 24 thousand customers. Some information was collected in 2013, however, according to media reports, most of the data remain relevant.

The data leaked to the network as employees of private companies, and information about 500 police officers and 40 officers of the FSB.

Note, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have emerged as a kind of response to banks, which are characterized by high commissions, lack of transparency of policies and other abuses.

To carry out operations with cryptocurrencies, there is no need to provide personal data, as required by traditional financial institutions. In addition, transactions can be performed confidentially, bypassing the all-seeing eye of the authorities.

The increased anonymity of many cryptocurrencies provides a higher degree of security of personal data, and therefore minimizes the possibility of their leakage. It is noteworthy that it is precisely this feature of digital assets that often becomes the object of criticism from banks and regulators.

Recall, BlockchainJournal has already discussed in detail the relationship between traditional financial institutions and cryptocurrency companies in a separate article .

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