"Hackers Are Threatening to Leak World-Check, a Huge Sanctions and Financial Crimes Watchlist"
A financially motivated criminal hacking group that calls itself "GhostR" claims to have stolen a confidential database containing millions of records companies use to screen potential customers for links to sanctions and financial crime. The hackers claimed they stole 5.3 million records from the World-Check screening database in March and are threatening to release the data online. World-Check is a screening database used for "know your customer checks" (KYC), which allows businesses to determine whether prospective customers are high-risk or potential criminals, such as those linked to money laundering or subject to government sanctions. The hackers say they stole the data from a Singapore-based company with access to the World-Check database. This article continues to discuss the GhostR hacking group's threat to leak information stolen from the World-Check screening database.
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