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The seller offers full name, passport details, dates of birth, phone numbers and other personal information.
At the cybercrime forum, the data of Russians who issued loans in microfinance organizations in 2017-2019 were put up for sale. According to the seller, the database contains information about 12 million people. It also offers a free “sampler” - name, passport data, birth dates, phone numbers, email addresses, regions of residence, e-wallet numbers and loan amounts of 1.8 thousand citizens.
Each data set also contains a link to a site through which the borrower learned about the microfinance organization. According to RBC, in most cases it is the Unicom24 financial market for searching and processing loans, microloans, mortgages, etc. Market representatives checked the “probe” and confirmed that the customer identification code indicated in the database being sold belongs to one of their partners, but did not specify to whom exactly. According to them, Unikom24 has already turned to this company with a demand to clarify the situation and a notice of termination of cooperation.
According to Unikom24, most likely, the microfinance organization (MFI) itself became the source of the leak. When applying for a loan, the system requests only a full name and a valid phone number, representatives of the market explained. Passport data, email addresses, loan amounts and other information are known only to MFIs, from which the borrower asks for a loan. Nevertheless, when a RBC correspondent submitted an application for a loan through Unicom24, in addition to the name and telephone number, the system also requested passport data and date of birth.
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At the cybercrime forum, the data of Russians who issued loans in microfinance organizations in 2017-2019 were put up for sale. According to the seller, the database contains information about 12 million people. It also offers a free “sampler” - name, passport data, birth dates, phone numbers, email addresses, regions of residence, e-wallet numbers and loan amounts of 1.8 thousand citizens.
Each data set also contains a link to a site through which the borrower learned about the microfinance organization. According to RBC, in most cases it is the Unicom24 financial market for searching and processing loans, microloans, mortgages, etc. Market representatives checked the “probe” and confirmed that the customer identification code indicated in the database being sold belongs to one of their partners, but did not specify to whom exactly. According to them, Unikom24 has already turned to this company with a demand to clarify the situation and a notice of termination of cooperation.
According to Unikom24, most likely, the microfinance organization (MFI) itself became the source of the leak. When applying for a loan, the system requests only a full name and a valid phone number, representatives of the market explained. Passport data, email addresses, loan amounts and other information are known only to MFIs, from which the borrower asks for a loan. Nevertheless, when a RBC correspondent submitted an application for a loan through Unicom24, in addition to the name and telephone number, the system also requested passport data and date of birth.
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