Keshet 12 News reporter Omri Barak reported Wednesday on a breach of information from the "Captain Credit" app by Dan & Bradstreet, which allowed anyone for hours to retrieve financial information about any other user.
As part of a malfunction this, every user of the app could order a credit report - that is, to get a status about the financial situation on anyone else.
An examination of the incident by the Bank of Israel shows that in some cases there were those who took advantage of the malfunction and drew credit reports from others.
The Bank of Israel monitored the event made sure that the Bureau's took lessons from the incident
The glitch was fixed after a few hours and the app was back in operation.
In recent months, every citizen was given a credit rating - determined by the client's loan status, mortgage, if any, direct debit repayments and more.
The goal is to increase competition between banks and lower interest rates.
The Bank of Israel has confirmed that the case investigation shows that there were only a few cases in which reports were indeed drawn as a result of the malfunction. The Bank of Israel said it would make sure those customers were notified.
Dan & Bradstreet Response:
"The company is committed to the highest level of information security. The Captain Credit app was not hacked in any way. Two days ago, a single point malfunction occurred on a third-party external system. As soon as the case became known, the matter was immediately dealt with by all parties involved, and in full coordination with the Bank of Israel. For safety and security reasons, the app was disabled for a few hours, and only after we have verified the system's security and integrity did the app become fully operational again."