{"id":58985,"date":"2018-02-16T07:00:41","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T07:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=58985"},"modified":"2018-02-16T07:00:41","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T07:00:41","slug":"hackers-stole-6-million-in-attack-on-swift-system-russian-central-bank-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/hackers-stole-6-million-in-attack-on-swift-system-russian-central-bank-says.html","title":{"rendered":"Hackers stole $6 million in attack on SWIFT system, Russian central bank says"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Hackers stole $6 million in attack on SWIFT system, Russian central bank says<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Unknown hackers stole 339.5 million rubles ($6 million) in an attack on the SWIFT international payments messaging system in Russia last year, the Russian central bank said on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The disclosure, buried at the bottom of a central bank report on digital thefts at Russian banks, is the latest in a string of attempted and successful cyber heists using fraudulent wire-transfer requests.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The central bank said it had been sent information about \u201done successful attack on the work place of a SWIFT system operator.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">\u201cThe volume of unsanctioned operations as a result of this attack amounted to 339.5 million rubles,\u201d the bank said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The central bank declined to provide further details.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">A spokeswoman for SWIFT, whose messaging system is used to transfer trillions of dollars each day, said the company does not comment on specific entities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">\u201dWhen a case of potential fraud is reported to us, we offer our assistance to the affected user to help secure its environment,\u201d said the spokeswoman, Natasha de Teran.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">A central bank spokesman quoted Artem Sychev, deputy head of the regulator\u2019s security department, as saying the hackers had withdrawn the money and this was \u201ca common scheme, when they take control of a computer.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Brussels-based SWIFT said late last year digital heists were becoming increasingly prominent as hackers use more sophisticated tools and techniques to launch new attacks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">In December, hackers tried to steal 55 million rubles from Russian state bank Globex using the SWIFT system, and digital thieves made off with $81 million from Bangladesh Bank in February 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">SWIFT has declined to disclose the 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