Cyber thieves may have
stolen personal data of 90,000 people from two of the largest
banks in Canada, including Bank of Montreal and Imperial Bank of Commerce. The banks are in the process of verifying the theft after the supposed culprits notified the financial institutions over the weekend that they were in possession of personal and financial records for a portion of their customers.
Bank of Montreal is the fourth largest bank in Canada. The institution said it was contacted on Sunday by the cyber thieves, who claim to have stolen customer data relating to some of its 8 million customers across Canada. At present, Bank of Montreal believes that less than 50,000 of its customers are affected by the security breach. It's not yet known if those affected lost any money from this ordeal as well.
The attackers also alerted Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce on Sunday, Canada's fifth largest bank, claiming they had stolen personal and account information of 40,000 customers through the institution's Simplii direct banking subsidiary. CIBC has not confirmed that the cyber attack actually took place, but is currently looking into the matter. Customers at the bank's main division do not seem to be affected.