Swift warns of several cyber fraud incidents
Global financial network releases security update to software that banks use to access its network to thwart malware that was probably used in Bangladesh Bank heist
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SWIFT, the global financial network that banks use to transfer billions of dollars every day, warned its customers on Monday that it was aware of "a number of recent cyber incidents" where attackers had sent fraudulent messages over its system.
The disclosure came as law enforcement authorities in Bangladesh and elsewhere investigated the February cyber theft of US$81 million from the Bangladesh central bank account at the New York Federal Reserve Bank. Swift has acknowledged that the scheme involved altering Swift software on Bangladesh Bank's computers to hide evidence of fraudulent transfers.
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