Btg Suffers From Attempted Hacker Attack and Stops Operations with Pix
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The Brazilian investment bank BTG Pactual suspended on Sunday its operations in the Pix electronic payment system as a "precautionary measure" after detecting suspicious movements worth about R$100 million (16.4 million).
The BTG Pactual identified, on the morning of this Sunday, 22 activities considered typical activities related to the Pix system. According to the bank, the episode did not involve access to client accounts or exposure to current data and decided to suspend operations via Pix. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kqJDqLJNQ4 As a precautionary measure, the institution temporarily suspended operations via Pix while investigating what happened. Financi…
BTG Pactual bank suspended all transactions via Pix after suffering a cyberattack that diverted approximately R$ 100 million from the institution. The attack occurred on the morning of Sunday, March 22, 2026, and exploited a security flaw related to the instant payment system. Most of the diverted funds were recovered, with between R$ 20 million and R$ 40 million remaining to be recovered. In an official statement, BTG Pactual said that there wa…
The BTG Pactual bank suffered a hacker attack on this Sunday (22) which fired Pix's resources, and forced the company to cancel the interim payment operations by security measures. The information was given by 'O Globo' and confirmed by Young Pan. According to the claim, the released value was around R$ 100 million, and the attack occurred in the morning. The cyber attack was discovered after the company identified atypical activities. In note, …
An institution claims that customer accounts and data were not accessed or exposed
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