Data map. Zhang Yunshe

Chinanews client April 15th (Peng Jingru) Recently, a news about the millions of financial customer data being sold on the dark web caused concern. From 14th to 15th, Ping An and Agricultural Bank of China were involved in the incident. , Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, Industrial Bank, etc. in an interview with reporters from China News Network have all denied it, saying that the data is forged by criminals.

On May 21, 2018, the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission issued the "Guidelines on Data Governance for Banking Financial Institutions", which requires that if the banking financial institutions collect and apply data related to personal information, they should comply with national personal information protection laws and regulations National standards related to personal information security.

On the morning of April 14, it was reported that "2.62 million bank card data in China was sold on the Internet, involving bank card data of Agricultural Bank of China, Industrial Bank, Bank of Shanghai, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, and insurance data of Ping An Group."

It is understood that the above sales information is published on the overseas forum Raid Forums, and the customer data involved include name, mobile phone number, ID card number, address, email address, etc. On the forum, netizens left a message to inquire about the price of specific information security packages such as Shanghai Pudong Development Bank and China Merchants Bank.

However, because the information in some of the displayed data is obviously wrong, its authenticity is yet to be determined.

On the evening of the 14th, Industrial Bank replied that the information on the Internet was not true. For the criminals who posted on the dark web claiming that they can sell so-called customer information data of multiple banks, after in-depth verification and comparison, it was confirmed that the so-called "Industrial Bank Credit Card Customer Information" does not coincide with the actual customer information elements of our bank, and it is not excluded The criminals forged and sold the so-called bank customer information to obtain improper benefits.

On the 15th, Ping An replied that after investigation, the relevant customer information was not a corporate customer, and was forged by criminals. And said, "We severely condemn the criminal acts of forging and selling citizen information, and call on relevant law enforcement and judicial departments to crack down on this illegal criminal act."

The Agricultural Bank also stated on the 15th that with regard to the recent news on the Internet about the sale of customer information of so-called ABC customers by lawbreakers, after careful verification and comparison, our bank has no problem of customer information leakage. Our bank has reported the relevant situation to the supervision department and is ready to report the case to the public security organ. "Our bank will actively cooperate with the public security department to investigate and collect evidence. If there is any further information, our bank will announce it in time."

"After investigation and comparison, the relevant data does not have our bank account information, and it is inconsistent with our bank's customer information elements." Shanghai Pudong Development Bank also responded on the 15th that it did not rule out that unscrupulous elements would sell data from unknown sources in the name of financial institutions to obtain illegal interest. ICBC reserves the right to pursue its legal responsibility for unlawful acts that counterfeit ICBC information and damage ICBC's goodwill.

According to a report by the Shanghai Securities News on the 15th, a person from the Bank of Shanghai said that some lawbreakers posted on the dark web that they can sell customer information of financial institutions. The Bank of Shanghai compared the so-called "Bank of Shanghai customer information" in it. It is found that the bank account information of the bank is not included in the customer information of the Bank of Shanghai, and it does not match the key elements of real customer information. (Finish)