{"id":4212,"date":"2016-09-02T08:22:04","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T02:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qadit.com\/blog\/?p=4212"},"modified":"2016-09-02T08:22:04","modified_gmt":"2016-09-02T02:52:04","slug":"swift-discloses-more-cyber-thefts-pressures-banks-on-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qadit.com\/blog\/swift-discloses-more-cyber-thefts-pressures-banks-on-security\/","title":{"rendered":"SWIFT Discloses More Cyber Thefts, Pressures Banks On Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Finkle, reporting for Reuters: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&#8217;s high-profile $81 million heist at Bangladesh Bank. In a private letter to clients, SWIFT said that new cyber-theft attempts &#8212; some of them successful &#8212; have surfaced since June, when it last updated customers on a string of attacks discovered after the attack on the Bangladesh central bank. &quot;Customers&#8217; environments have been compromised, and subsequent attempts (were) made to send fraudulent payment instructions,&quot; according to a copy of the letter reviewed by Reuters. &quot;The threat is persistent, adaptive and sophisticated &#8211; and it is here to stay.&quot; The disclosure suggests that cyber thieves may have ramped up their efforts following the Bangladesh Bank heist, and that they specifically targeted banks with lax security procedures for SWIFT-enabled transfers. The Brussels-based firm, a member-owned cooperative, indicated in Tuesday&#8217;s letter that some victims in the new attacks lost money, but did not say how much was taken or how many of the attempted hacks succeeded.<\/p>\n<p><div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=SWIFT+Discloses+More+Cyber+Thefts%2C+Pressures+Banks+On+Security%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F2bH9mLx\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ift.tt\/22g56Hr\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ift.tt\/2cco3r3\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ift.tt\/22g56Ht\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ift.tt\/2ccpVA4\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Share on Google+\" src=\"https:\/\/ift.tt\/wlvgJy\"><\/a> <\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ift.tt\/2bSEpY3\">Read more of this story<\/a> at Slashdot.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/ift.tt\/2bHkEPU\"><\/p>\n<p>via https:\/\/ift.tt\/2bSDEhI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Finkle, reporting for Reuters: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&#8217;s high-profile $81 million heist at Bangladesh Bank. 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