Subsequent investigation into the incident uncovered that the victims are customers of Santander Chile, Spain, and Uruguay. Unfortunately, localized Twitter accounts (Spain and Chile) have no warnings or no information about the breaches. The Chile website, however, does display a warning. Continue reading

Spanish bank Santander said on Tuesday some customer and employee data in a database hosted by an outside provider was accessed by an unauthorized party, but that the bank's own operations and systems have not been affected.

Banco Santander SA said data managed by an external party was accessed without authorization, affecting information of clients and staff.

Santander has warned that customer and employee data has been breached following unauthorized access to a database held by a third-party provider