Banco de Desenvolvimento de Angola (BDA)

Fine imposed (USD 75,000 AKZ-equivalent). APD, 30 April 2025.

Record ID

ao-apd-2025-0001

Jurisdiction

Angola

Regulator

APD

Type

penalty notice

Date decided

30 April 2025

Respondent type

public

Sector

banking

Violations

failure to implement security measures, failure to prevent data breach

Provisions cited

Lei 22/11 de 17 de Junho

Outcome

fine imposed (USD 75,000 AKZ-equivalent)

Penalty

USD 75,000 (≈ USD 75,000 at the decision date)

Status

final

Source

Official document ↗

Source integrity

SHA-256 086aff27139b9977…

Record verified

30 July 2026

The facts

The APD's announcement of 10 September 2025 records that at the first extraordinary council session held on 30 April of that year, Banco de Desenvolvimento de Angola (BDA) was fined the kwanza equivalent of USD 75,000 for failing to implement adequate technical, organisational and security measures to protect its collaborators' personal data against a ransomware attack that occurred on 10 February 2023. The penalty was extraordinarily attenuated given the bank's prompt cooperation with the APD and absence of prior infractions.

Orders and outcome

A fine equivalent in kwanza to USD 75,000, extraordinarily attenuated.

RANSOMWARE · PUBLIC-BODY · BANKING · FINE

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