Hackers steal massive screening database and threaten to leak all the details online

Another day, another supply chain attack with potentially devastating consequences - this time around, sensitive data from World-Check was stolen by a relatively unknown threat actor, which now threatens to release the database online.


World-Check is a global database containing information on potentially high-risk people and entities. It is mostly used by financial institutions, governments, and other organizations, to run due diligence and comply with anti-money laundering, counter-terrorism financing, and sanctions screening laws. The company pulls data from various sources and creates profiles on people and organizations that could be associated with financial crime, terrorism, corruption, and similar. Other firms can then use this data to assess risks associated with their clients, business partners, and more.

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Hackers steal massive screening database and threaten to leak all the details online

World-Check database stolen from a third party

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Pegasus said:

It should be in the public domain anyway.

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Pegasus said:

It should be in the public domain anyway.

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