A massive hack attack on Qatar National Bank has taken the Gulf country by storm leaking the names, bank passwords and other sensitive data of the Qatari royal family members, alleged intelligence agents and Al Jazeera staff.
Qatar National Bank said it was investigating 'an alleged data breach' after a file that appears to contain account information began circulating online.
The 1.4GB file contained names, phone numbers, bank accounts and passwords, payment card data, PINs and other sensitive information of customers of the bank.
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The “SPY, Intelligence” folder included an array of records listed as Ministry of Defense, MI6 (the British intelligence agency) and Qatar's State Security Bureau known as Mukhabarat.
A number of Al Jazeera staff said thatthe data found in their section of the leak is mostly accurate.Al Jazeera reporter, Bernard Smith, said,“The details they had for me were mostly correct – I had changed my credit cards just a few months ago after losing them, but other information such as my passwords and contact details were all accurate. I was very shocked to see my details online.”