Victor Golovtchenko reports: According to sources with knowledge of the matter, who have been in contact with Finance Magnates, data files of an employee of forex and binary options brokerage BDSwiss have been accessed via his stolen laptop. The contents of the information have purportedly not been related to the company’s database and the information…
Category: Financial Sector
Turkish hacker group targets Austrian National Bank
The Local reports: A Turkish hacker group has allegedly tried hacking into the National Bank of Austria after reportedly being behind an attempted cyber attack at Vienna airport two weeks ago. The hackers’ collective, which goes under the name of Aslan Neferler, said the cyber attacks on Austrian institutions are revenge for Austria’s “anti-Turkish political…
SWIFT discloses more cyber thefts, pressures banks on security
Jim Finkle reports: SWIFT, the global financial messaging system, on Tuesday disclosed new hacking attacks on its member banks as it pressured them to comply with security procedures instituted after February’s high-profile $81 million heist at Bangladesh Bank. In a private letter to clients, SWIFT said that new cyber-theft attempts – some of them successful…
Director at Citizens in Ohio Resigns Over Email Server Dispute
Joseph Kellard reports: A director at Citizens Independent Bancorp in Logan, Ohio, resigned after members of management chastised him for an email security breach. The $181 million-asset company said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that Michael Shawd resigned Aug. 18 as one of nine directors of the company and Citizens Bank of…
More than 1500 BNZ customer’s confidential information compromised in data glitch
Emily van Velthooven reports: A Waikato woman, who chose to remain anonymous, contacted ONE News claiming she had received an email from BNZ disclosing bank information for a local business. She says she received an email on Tuesday morning listing the account details of a large business. “It had the date, bank account names, balances,…
Lost and Stolen Devices Account for One in Four Breaches in the Financial Services Sector: Bitglass
A press release about the financial sector that may be of interest to some readers: CAMPBELL, CA–(Marketwired – Aug 25, 2016) – Bitglass, the total data protection company, today announced the availability of its Financial Services breach report, an analysis of all breaches in the sector since 2006, with data aggregated from public databases and government mandated…