Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2018-05-28 00:00:00
Affected organization: Bank of Montreal
Affected country: Canada
Industry: Finance and Insurance
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Bank of Montreal, the country's fourth bank, announces to have been contacted by fraudsters claiming to have stolen personal and financial information of a limited number of the bank's customers. According to the bank, less than 50,000 c customers are affected.