stolen data from the Qatar National Bank ( QNB ) and UAE InvestBank on the dark web . Both the banks suffered major data breachesAttack.Databreachin 2016 and the data of thousands of customers was later leakedAttack.Databreachonline by hackers . Now , even as tensions escalate between the two Middle Eastern nations , cybercriminals appear to be cashing in on the underground cybercrime community . Hackers hitAttack.Databreachthe QNB in April 2016 and the UAE InvestBank in May 2016 . The Sharjah-based InvestBank 's stolen data was leakedAttack.Databreachonline by a hacker going by the pseudonym `` Buba '' , who demandedAttack.Ransoma $ 3m ransomAttack.Ransomfrom the bank . The stolen data , including customers ' financial details as well as personal details such as full names , addresses , passport numbers , phone numbers , account numbers , credit card numbers along with their CVV codes and more was leakedAttack.Databreachonline by the hacker after the bank refused to pay up the ransomAttack.Ransom. In the case of the QNB , a hacker group going by the pseudonym `` Bozkurt Hackers '' claimed responsibility for the data breachAttack.Databreach. Hackers leakedAttack.Databreach1.4GB data , which included customers ' financial records , credit card numbers and PIN codes as well as banking details pertaining to the Al-Thani Qatar Royal Family and Al Jazeera journalists . The stolen data from the QNB hackAttack.Databreachas well as the InvestBank data breachAttack.Databreachis now up for sale on an unspecified yet popular dark web marketplace , HackRead reported . This has not been independently verified by IBTimes UK . InvestBank 's data is allegedly being sold for a mere 0.0071 bitcoins ( $ 18.86 , £14.91 ) . The data on sale includes bank accounts , card details , customer IDs , branch codes as well as account holders ' full names . The stolen and leaked data from the QNB , which the bank later acknowledged may have been accurate , is also on sale for 0.0071 bitcoins . The data listed for sale includes the previously leaked QNB records such as bank accounts as well as card and personal details of customers . Dark web data sales from major breachesAttack.Databreachare not uncommon . In 2016 , a series of major breachesAttack.Databreachaffecting several leading tech firms including LinkedIn and Dropbox , eventually saw hackers sellingAttack.Databreachhacked and stolen databases on the dark web .