UBS And Pictet Report Data Leak After Cyber Attack On Provider Chain IQ

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) Swiss banks UBS and Pictet on Wednesday confirmed they had suffered a data leak due to a cyber attack on their subcontractor Chain IQ in Switzerland. This content was published on June 18, 2025 - 14:04 2 minutes Keystone-SDA

• Français fr UBS et Pictet victimes d'un vol de données chez un sous-traitant Original Read more: UBS et Pictet victimes d'un vol de données chez un sous-traitan

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Data concerning 130,000 UBS employees, including CEO Sergio Ermotti, is reportedly available on the dark web.

“No client data was affected. As soon as UBS became aware of the incident, it acted quickly to avoid any impact on its activities,” a UBS spokesperson told the AWP news agency on Wednesday, confirming an earlier report in Le Temps newspaper.

At Pictet, tens of thousands of invoices from a number of suppliers in recent years have been stolen.

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