Standard Bank — Cyber Attacks, Breaches & Threat Activity

Threat entity extracted from intelligence sources

Frequency
8
occurrences
First Seen
April 17, 2026
Last Seen
June 20, 2026

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Recent Intelligence Reports

  • Standard Bank breach, — www.standardbank.co.za · June 20, 2026
  • New Prinz Eugen ransomware prioritizes recent files for encryption — Bleepingcomputer · June 20, 2026
  • New Prinz Eugen ransomware prioritizes recent files for encryption — Bleepingcomputer · June 20, 2026
  • SARS refutes 'false' claims of data breach — Itweb.Co.Za · May 25, 2026
  • SITA refutes suffering cyber attack — Itweb.Co.Za · May 25, 2026
  • 70 out of 100 South Africans hit by data breaches — Itweb.Co.Za · May 8, 2026
  • Hackers publicly release data stolen from Standard Bank — Itweb.Co.Za · April 17, 2026
  • Hacker group claims to have stolen 1.2 terabytes of Standard Bank data — Thebanker · April 17, 2026

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