Finland: Data Protection Ombudsman's Office opened an investigation into S-Banken over information security negligence in online banking

On 15 September 2022, the Finnish Data Ombudsman opened an investigation into a personal data incident at S-Banken caused by a system failure in online banking identification between 20 April and 5 August 2022. A few hundred customers were able to log in with another person’s codes, leading to unauthorised payments and third-party access. The investigation will examine whether S-Banken protected data properly and how it responded to the breach.