Finastra, a global leader in financial technology that serves 45 of the world’s top 50 banks, has confirmed a major data breach.

Finastra has confirmed it warned customers of a cybersecurity incident after a threat actor began selling allegedly stolen data on a hacking forum.

A threat actor is offering a large database for sale, claims it came from Finastra The finance giant sends out data breach notification letter to affected customers, claiming its secure file transfer service was compromised The attacker used stolen credentials to pull off the heist Fintech software firm Finastra is warning its customers a recent data breach may have meant it recently lost some data.

Finastra says it is investigating which institutions might have had data compromised.

Finastra, a London-based financial software company that serves most of the world’s top banks, has confirmed it’s investigating a data breach after a hacker claimed a compromise of the company's internal file-transfer platform.