Bank Mellat

Bank Mellat was created in 1980 with the authorized capital of 33,500 million Iranian rials.

History

2019: Date leak of debit cards

On December 11, 2019 it became known that on one of social networks these 15 million debit cards issued by banks of Iran were published. According to messages of the Iranian media, an incident is the largest bank leak for all history of Iran.

Leak affected clients of three Iranian banks that in total made the fifth part of all population of Iran.

According to the minister of information and telecommunications of Iran Mohammad Javad Azari Dzhakhromi, leak happened because of the dissatisfied contractor who had data access and published them in open access for the purpose of racketing. The minister assured that banking systems were not cracked, however experts in the field of cyber security think differently.

According to specialists, scales of an incident testify to participation in it of the government structures operating for the purpose of destabilization of economy, but not the ordinary cybercriminals wishing "profit" at the expense of others.

Against affected banks Mellat, Tejarat and Sarmayeh more than a year ago Ministry of Finance USA imposed sanctions, having accused them of carrying out cash transactions on behalf of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps recognized by administration of U.S. President the terrorist organization.

Incident can negatively influence the affected banks in the long term if clients lose to them trust and will take away the money. Who stands behind the attack and what aims pursues, at the moment it is unknown^[1].

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