One after another stolen, the global banking network attack risk
2016/5/26 18:01:24 Source：New York Times Chinese network
Thieves were once again in the world's most secure financial system, stealing money from a bank that seemed to have been attacked by a wide range of computer attacks on the world bank.
Thousands of banks and companies using the swift in switch funds around the world, this is the second involving the attack, in February this year, the Central Bank of Bangladesh had stolen $81 million, with the in-depth investigation of the incident, the details gradually surfaced.
A second attack relates to a commercial bank, message network swift refused to disclose the name. But swift plan on Friday to the user released open letter, warned the two attacks have many similarities, and probably belonging to a "more widely, has a strong adaptability of bank theft action.
New York Times < > to see a copy of the letter, swift issued such a warning unusual. It shows financial industry to such attacks embattled.Swift said, thieves may and bank internal collusion and get the certificate, then sending fraudulent transfer, and in the bank count machine to install malicious software to cover up the theft action.
"The situation is clear, the attacker is well aware of the target bank business control details -- may be derived from the bank's internal, may also be obtained by the use of network attacks, or both." swift said in an alert. This letter letter plans to Friday morning on its website security in full section of the release.
Safety problem is not necessarily in the swift, there may be due to the safety of the bank customer control. Criminals have found the bank security vulnerabilities can access their computer, and sending fraudulent swift message.
