---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000811830-24-000030"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SNUS-PI"
cik: "0000811830"
company_name: "Santander Holdings USA, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T01:35:18.042485+00:00"
event_type: "cyber"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Santander discloses unauthorized database access; customer and employee data exposed in Chile, Spain, Uruguay

## Summary
- Unauthorized access to a Santander database hosted by a third-party provider, affecting customers in Chile, Spain, and Uruguay.
- All current and some former Santander employees' data accessed; no transactional data or credentials compromised.
- Bank operations unaffected; customers can continue to transact securely.
- Santander proactively contacting affected customers and employees; notified regulators and law enforcement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000811830-24-000030
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SNUS-PI
- cik: 0000811830
- company_name: Santander Holdings USA, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: cyber
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/811830/000081183024000030/0000811830-24-000030-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/811830/000081183024000030/sov-20240514.htm

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