Hackers Stole $6 Million from SWIFT System _ Russian Central Bank Cyber Attack
Hackers Stole $6 Million From SWIFT System _ Russian Central Bank Cyber News Vipul Patel Unknown hackers stole 339.5 million roubles ($6 million) in an attack on the SWIFT international payments messaging system in Russia last year, the Russian central bank said on Friday. 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. The central bank said it had been sent information about "one successful attack on the workplace of a SWIFT system operator. "The volume of unsanctioned operations as a result of this attack amounted to 339.5 million roubles," the bank said. The central bank ...