Jason Lange and Dustin Volz reports: The U.S. Federal Reserve detected more than 50 cyber breaches between 2011 and 2015, with several incidents described internally as “espionage,” according to Fed records. The central bank’s staff suspected hackers or spies in many of the incidents, the records show. The Fed’s computer systems play a critical role…
Category: Financial Sector
Researchers say Bangladeshi bank hacking may relate to N. Korea
AP reports: Cybersecurity researchers say North Korea might be connected to a recent attack that resulted in the theft of over $100 million from the Bangladeshi central bank and the attempted thefts of millions more from other Asian banks. If the finding holds up, the attacks would amount to a new strategy for the rogue…
Swift Hack Probe Expands to Up to a Dozen Banks Beyond Bangladesh
Michael Riley and Alan Katz report: Investigators are examining possible computer breaches at as many as 12 banks linked to Swift’s global payments network that have irregularities similar to those in the theft of $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank, according to a person familiar with the probe. FireEye, the security firm hired by…
Now It’s Three: Ecuador Bank Hacked via Swift
If you’d worry more about the health of your industry and all the consumers your industry serves instead of worrying just about your reputation and fallout, we might not be dealing with as many breaches. Share information, people! Devlin Barrett and Katy Burne report: A little-noticed lawsuit details a hacking attack similar to one that…
UBS wins $1.1M from Wells Fargo in insider data theft case
William Sprouse reports the outcome of an arbitrated insider data breach case where a departing employee allegedly took client data with him to his new employer. I don’t think this case was ever covered on this site before, but Law360 had reported the lawsuit back in 2012. Sprouse reports: A FINRA arbitration panel ruled a…
Commercial Bank of Ceylon website hit by hack attack
Jason Murdock reports: The Sri Lanka-based Commercial Bank of Ceylon has released a statement admitting that a “hacking attack” on its website resulted in a successful intrusion – however, it maintained that no customer data has been compromised. The bank, which released a statement in the wake of major cyberattacks targeting the Bangladesh central bank…