Santander UK PLC Data Breach (2013)
Santander UK PLC
lowVERIS
Disclosed
September 1, 2013
4590 days ago
Records
Undisclosed
Confirmed
Root Cause
Social Engineering
Industry
Finance
Description
Social engineering by "a bogus maintenance engineer" tried to connect a physical device onto a bank computer. Sounds like employees were suspicious and alerted authorities. Twelve men arrested in "plot".