Report: Swedish authorities, banks hit by security data leak


A file photo of a bank customer using an automated teller machine (ATM) in Aarhus, Denmark. Plans for bank vaults in at least two German banks were leaked, while other documents show the alarm systems and surveillance cameras at a branch of the SEB bank in Sweden, it was reported. — Bloomberg

STOCKHOLM: Details of bank vault floor plans, alarm systems and the security arrangements for Swedish authorities have been leaked online after a security company was hacked, local media reported on Oct 27.

A total of 19 gigabytes of information and around 38,000 files were stolen from security group Gunnebo by one or more hackers in August, according to newspaper Dagens Nyheter.

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