“An attacker suspected of embezzlement of personal data of clients of several financial and credit organizations, including PJSC Sberbank, has been identified and detained,” the statement said.

As noted, the detention was carried out during a special operation of employees of the department with the assistance of the Sberbank security service.

According to preliminary data, the man is an employee of LLC “NSV” (National Penalty Service). He lived in Volgograd and acted under the pseudonym Anton 2131.

A criminal case has been opened.

Earlier it was reported about a new leak of customer data from Sberbank. According to media reports, a database has appeared on the black market that contains about a million lines of information about customers with loans or credit cards.