Santander customers’ private data put up for sale for $2m by hackers

Santander said its banking systems were unaffected by the hacking. Photograph: Kacper Pempel/Reuters

Hackers are attempting to sell confidential information including the bank and credit card numbers of millions of Santander customers to the highest bidder.

ShinyHunters posted an advert on a hacker forum for the data, which it says also includes staff HR details, with an asking price of $2m (£1.6m). It is the same organisation that claims to have hacked Ticketmaster.