Yes hacked another big bank. This time Russia's central bank was the victim of a cyber-attackς που επέτρεψε στους hackers to steal about $ 31 million or $ 2 billion, according to reports.
The Bank of Russia has already confirmed the attack and said it is being investigated, avoiding more details or suspecting someone about hacking.
Central Bank of Russia spokesman Artyom Sychyov said the hackers wanted to steal about 5 billion rubles, but the team security managed to partially block the attack reducing the damages to 2 billion rubles.
"We were lucky to get some of the money back," a central bank spokesman told CNN.
Although for the time being there are very few known about hacking against Russia's central bank, experts believe that the attack may be related to similar efforts made over the last two years and targeting banks around the world.
Only this year, a group of hackers managed to steal around 101 millions of dollars from central bank of Bangladesh violating it system SWIFT, which is the global interbank network that controls transactions. Just like in the case of Russia, the hackers tried to steal more money ($951.000.000) but were blocked before completing the money transfers.
Russia's Federal Security Service (also known as the FSB) had warned of possible attacks on local banks. But another hacked bank shows that warnings and security measures are not enough to protect systems even if they invest billions in better safety...
