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Interior Ministry: Hackers’ attack against Russian banks in 2015 affected Visa, MasterCard

Posted on February 4, 2016 by Dissent

TASS reports:

An attack against the Russian banking system made by hackers last year compromised Visa and MasterCard international payment systems, representative of the Cybercrime Department of the Russian Interior Ministry Alexander Vurasko said on Thursday.

“The specificity of that [hackers’] ring was that they managed to compromise the largest international payment systems, including Visa and MasterCard. It made possible for them to attack processing center, modified transmitted information, and attack interbank exchange systems,” the official said.

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