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Information about a possible data theft was identified immediately. Cybersecurity specialists, who are continuously monitoring, immediately informed the company about the possible crime.
“From what has been announced and identified by cybersecurity experts, we see that the data of customers who have registered in the CityBee system before February 22, 2018 is available to a limited number of people. Their names have been published , last names and personal identification numbers, “said Kristijonas Kaikaris, director of CityBee.
CityBee informed the Lithuanian police after receiving information about the illegal disclosure of data, in which third parties are suspected of being involved. The incident is also reported to the company’s customers.
The company is also trying its best to remove the posted data from the overseas registered forum where it was uploaded.
Mr. Kaikaris emphasized that this illegal disclosure of customer data will not affect the security of CityBee’s customer accounts or its financial services.
“Passwords used by customers are carefully stored and have not been made public, and since January 1 of this year. “The additional security feature of the CityBee ‘Passcode’ app ensures the highest level of protection for our customers’ accounts,” explained K. Kaikaris.
He also emphasized that criminals do not have access to financial services for CityBee clients, as the company does not collect any information related to clients’ payment methods.
CityBee is currently investigating how much old CityBee customer data may have been misappropriated. The company also prepares information for all interested institutions, including the State Data Protection Inspectorate.
CityBee plans to share other important information about the event in the near future.
The lrytas.lt portal previously announced that a leaked database of CityBee users had been posted on the online forum.
According to the portal, the unencrypted data is available in one of the forums and is available with registration. The database contains records of more than 110 thousand. consumers. The database stores user names, surnames, personal codes, email addresses.
The data was uploaded seven hours ago to the online forum.
The Lithuanian mobility services platform CityBee, which started operations 8 years ago and belongs to the Modus Group, currently operates in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
CityBee services in Lithuania are provided by Prime Leasing company, and its director is K. Kaikaris since November last year. Directed by Luke Yla.
CityBee in the four markets in 2019 had an average of 1351 cars, last year – 1934 cars. The number of car trips decreased slightly last year due to the pandemic, to 2.2 million, in 2019. It was 2.35 million. The number of unique users who used the car sharing service last year increased to 201 thousand, in 2019, it amounted to – 176 thousand.
Revenue from car sharing services also increased, from $ 13.7 million. Eur 2019 up to 15.3 million Eur last year.
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