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Qatar National Bank says client accounts safe despite breach
Qatar National Bank, the Middle East’s largest lender by assets, said it had taken immediate steps to ensure customers would not suffer any financial loss after a security breach last week exposed personal data of thousands of clients. “We are taking every measure to protect the privacy of our customers and have engaged an external third party expert to review all our systems to ensure no vulnerabilities exist,” the bank said in a statement on Sunday. “All our customers’ accounts are secure,” it added, although it was not clear how the bank planned to protect accounts whose details, including customer ... (full story)