hackers who stole 81 million dollars from the Central Bank Bangladesh probably hacked software within the financial system platforms Swift, who is at the center of the global financial system, said security researchers provider British defense services BAE systems.
the Swift, a cooperative of 3,000 institutions financial, confirmed to Reuters that he was aware of the malware. The spokeswoman, Natasha Deteran said the Swift launch on Monday a software update to thwart malware, along with a special alert for financial institutions to carefully observe its safety procedures.
new unprecedented ciberassalto the developments suggest that an important central axis of the global financial system may be more vulnerable than what was known previously in relation to cyberattacks because of weaknesses that allowed hackers modificassem Swift software from a client.
Deteran told Reuters on Sunday it would issue a software update to “assist customers to enhance safety and observe inconsistencies in local records databases.” She said the malware had no impact on the Swift network or major messaging services.
The software update and the Company alerts for Interbank Financial Telecommunication Global Swift its acronym in English, come after researchers at BAE telling Reuters believe that discovered the malware used by hackers from Bangladesh to manipulate the software
Topics:. Banks , Finance , Bangladesh , Hackers
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