Hacker Posts Details Of 3 Million Iranian Bank Accounts

20 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone in Culture, Politics, Tech/Sci, Very Cool, Vibe, Video, World

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And you people wonder why they tried to switch the internet off. Khosrow Zarefarid, an Iranian software manager, warned Iran’s banks’ CEOs of a security flaw in the banking system. When nobody responded, Khosrow hacked 3 million accounts across 22 banks, then dropped these details — including card numbers and PINs — on his blog.

Which, I guess, probably did prove his point reasonably well. Reports suggest that Zarefarid didn’t steal anything himself, but the internet’s a big ol’ place, so that doesn’t mean nobody stole anything when he put card numbers and PINs up online.

Three Iranian banks – Saderat, Eghtesad Novin, and Saman – have already warned customers to change their debit card PINs.

Apparently Zarefarid tried to warn said banks of the security flaws about a year ago.

Zarefarid is reportedly no longer in Iran.

[Source: ZDN]

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