Central Bank of Russia Hacked, $ 31 Million USD Gone
Hacker group said to have stolen more than US $ 31 million from the correspondent accounts of the Russian Central Bank.
The information quoted by Reuters, Russia's central bank announced the events that took place on Friday when Russia as one of the latest cyber attack that occurred in the financial institution.
Russia's central bank officer, Artyom Sychyov mention, in fact they are trying to steal the money of 5 billion rubles from the bank.
Sychyov comment on reports the central bank stating that hackers group trying to break into an account in the bank by falsifying the identity of a client.
Separately, the Russian government said it had uncovered a plot foreign spy agencies to sow chaos in the Russian banking system through a coordinated cyber-crime.
Mentioned, the spy was also spreading false reports in the social media to mention the Russian banks going bankrupt.
Meanwhile, financial regulators around the world have urged banks operating current to strengthen cyber security. Therefore, financial institutions such as banks are particularly vulnerable targets of hacking.
Concerns about the cyber attack on the banking industry has started since last February, when the unidentified hacker who stole funds amounting to US $ 81 million from the central bank of Bangladesh and deposited to the New York Fed.
Until now, law enforcement agencies around the world are still hunting down the criminals behind the burglary account using wire-transfer requests are sent by SWIFT bank network.
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The information quoted by Reuters, Russia's central bank announced the events that took place on Friday when Russia as one of the latest cyber attack that occurred in the financial institution.
Russia's central bank officer, Artyom Sychyov mention, in fact they are trying to steal the money of 5 billion rubles from the bank.
Sychyov comment on reports the central bank stating that hackers group trying to break into an account in the bank by falsifying the identity of a client.
Separately, the Russian government said it had uncovered a plot foreign spy agencies to sow chaos in the Russian banking system through a coordinated cyber-crime.
Mentioned, the spy was also spreading false reports in the social media to mention the Russian banks going bankrupt.
Meanwhile, financial regulators around the world have urged banks operating current to strengthen cyber security. Therefore, financial institutions such as banks are particularly vulnerable targets of hacking.
Concerns about the cyber attack on the banking industry has started since last February, when the unidentified hacker who stole funds amounting to US $ 81 million from the central bank of Bangladesh and deposited to the New York Fed.
Until now, law enforcement agencies around the world are still hunting down the criminals behind the burglary account using wire-transfer requests are sent by SWIFT bank network.
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