A threat actor has threatened to leak 1.2TB of confidential data stolen from Standard Bank

[mylesillidge]

1.2TB of Standard Bank data, including credit card details, stolen and leaked online

A threat actor has revealed that 1.2TB of confidential data stolen from Standard Bank, which includes client credit card information, will now be leaked online in parts.

The bank, the largest in South Africa by assets, was breached in late February, with the hacker known as "ROOTBOY" claiming that they spent "just over three weeks" in the bank's system undetected.

 

[schuits]

Hacker scum

 

[ToxicBunny]

ROOTBOY?

Really?

 

[RazedInBlack]

Wow! Standard Bank, you're on quite a roll this past month, and not in a good way at all.

 

[Smiggles]

Spaza bank

 

[PhireSide]

ROOTBOY?

Really?

SUDOMAN was probably already taken

 

[My_King]

Do it, DOOOO ITTTTTT

 

[saturnz]

Hacker scum

banker scum*

 

[LazyLion]

What an epic stuff up. How would anybody trust these institutions ever again?

I'm glad we moved our provident fund away from Liberty last year.

 

[Wut]

WTF still uses Standard Bank?

 

[LazyLion]

WTF still uses Standard Bank?

They are being renamed "Well Below the Standard Bank"

 

[rustypup]

See now....

Pretty sure that the almighty POPI act requires public notice and contacting of ALL affected persons directly.

Have seen none of this in the news.

 

[FiestaST]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2044736308170395833

 

[My_King]

But comes next week, I need to jump through hoops to get API and external integrations working with them their way.

****ing bunch of clowns that want to tell me how to do my job.

 

[dontcryforme]

D

Post in thread 'Bad news for Standard Bank customers in South Africa'

Apr 16, 2026

https://twitter.com/x/status/2044684534403190993

• dontcryforme

 

[akescpt]

Just do it already. Ffs. Been a couple of weeks since the last leak…

 

[Syphonx]

But comes next week, I need to jump through hoops to get API and external integrations working with them their way.

****ing bunch of clowns that want to tell me how to do my job.

Maybe ROOTBOY can assist you?

 

[dontcryforme]

I've been saying that these banks have some of the worst security for years. Not just Standard Bank. Also Nedbank. Why? Because I know multiple people who worked at Standard Bank's IT department and know people that does work for Nedbank.

Know them. Not associated with them.

 

[My_King]

Maybe ROOTBOY can assist you?

That would actually be awesome.

"How did you get access?"

"Oh a person by the name ROOTBOY, that oke knows his stuff"

 

[L-Dog]

Lol they phoned me and apparenlty my card details was leaked so they will send me a new card. I guess the real question is how much data was leaked and what else was stolen ?

After their rediculous lounge access policy change its time for me to move to Investec, RMB and Discovery I guess.