Access Bank Reassures Customers after Hacker Steals Customers Data

Access Bank Plc has assured customers that there are no threat to their account balances after Ihebuzo Chris, a Nigerian hacker, demonstrated that the walls built around bank’s network are vulnerable.

In a tweet yesterday, Access Bank said that “criminals have posted pages purporting to contain customer account information. We’ve alerted law enforcement agencies and ask that you ignore the post.

There is no threat to your account balances. Please continue to follow security protocol by never sharing your account details” the bank said.

The reaction came after Chris, who calls himself a python on Twitter reportedly gained access and extracted the data of over 2,000 customers of the bank.

Ihebuzo Chris…….pic credit/PM News

In a viral video, he showed the print out of the customer accounts, including their BVN, account numbers and other details.

He also, possibly inadvertently blew his own cover, an error that may easily make him a candidate for jail.

Chris, didn’t plan to steal money from the accounts, according to the video, he just wanted to show that the Access Bank computers are not impregnable.

According to him, he could debit customers’ accounts without their consent owing to the information he has.

He claimed he went deep into the Bank’s computer without their permission.

He blamed the bank for loose security, saying he is not a staff and only a guy with a computer.