An account called ‘EG LEAKS’ on one of the pirate forums on the ‘Deep web’ related to the sale and purchase of data and apps vulnerabilities, published data for 500 clients including their names, addresses and the names of their banks, and declared it to be a sample of more than 134,000 customers, including personal and bank information – PII and CC details.

Leaked data includes an information about customers of Barclays Bank, a bank that operated in Egypt until 2017 before being sold to Attijariwafa Bank.so If the data is real, it is old or not updated 5 years ago.

We recommend: Activate any additional security steps available by the bank to protect the customer’s accounts,Contact your bank Customer Service and inquire about it.