The financial technology behemoth Finastra is alerting victims of a data breach after unidentified hackers initially gained access to its networks in October 2024 and took their personal data. More than 8,100 financial institutions in 130 countries, including 45 of the top 50 banks in the world, rely on London-based Finastra to supply financial services software applications.
The security incident was discovered on November 7 after Finastra detected malicious activity on some of its systems, as the business warned in breach notification letters given to those impacted by the breach.
“Our investigation revealed that an unauthorized third party accessed a Secure File Transfer Platform (SFTP) at various times between October 31, 2024 and November 8, 2024. Findings from the investigation indicate that on October 31, 2024, the unauthorized third party obtained certain files from the SFTP,” the fintech giant noted.
“Finastra has no indication the unauthorized third party further copied, retained, or shared any of the data. We have no reason to suspect your information has or will be misused. A
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