Doha: Qatar National Bank (QNB) yesterday said that its systems were “fully secure” following a cyber attack which potentially exposed the names and passwords of tens of thousands of customers.
In a statement on its website, QNB said the hack would have “no financial impact” on its customers but admitted for the first time that clients in Qatar had been targeted.
“QNB Group’s risk team monitored abnormal activity in our system environment, this was immediately communicated to relevant authorities,” read the statement.
“We also took immediate steps and our systems are fully secure and operational. The attack only targeted a portion of Qatar-based customers.”
The data leak, which was reported late last month, was said to include details such as mobile phone numbers, credit card numbers and international bank transactions.
“We believe the nature of this incident is fundamentally an attempted attack on QNB Group’s reputation and not specifically targeted at our customers,” it added, stressing all customers accounts were “secure”.
QNB is one of the largest banks in the Middle East, and last month reported a first quarter seven per cent increase in profits to almost $800 million, despite the impact of low global oil prices.
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