Yes hacked another big bank. This time its central bank Russiaς ήταν το θύμα μιας κυβερνο-επίθεσης που επέτρεψε στους hackers να κλέψουν περίπου 31 εκατομμύρια δολάρια ή 2 δισεκατομμύρια ρούβλια , σύμφωνα με δημοσιεύματα.
The Bank of Russia has already confirmed the attack and said it is being investigated, avoiding more details or suspecting someone about hacking.
The representative of the Central Bank of Russia Artyom Sychyov reported that the hackers wanted to steal about 5 billion rubles, but the security team managed to partially block the attack, reducing the losses 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 the SWIFT system, the global interbank network that controls transactions. Just as in the case of Russia, hackers tried to steal more money (951.000.000 dollars), but they were blocked before completing money transfers.
Russia's Federal Security Service (also known as the FSB), had warned of attacks which could be held at local banks. Another hacked bank, however, shows that the proalerts and security measures are not enough to protect systems even if they invest billions in security…
