By exploiting vulnerabilities in the global transaction SWIFT system, hackers have stolen 85 million kronor from a bank in Ukraine, reports the Kyiv Post.
The newspaper refers IT agency ISACA, stating that the hackers were able to steal money by having used the system to sent false requests to the bank to perform transactions.
Bank of Ukraine does not name the bank, but confirms according to the AFP news agency that a attack where Swift used has taken place. If any money has disappeared shown but not the communication from the Central Bank in which all banks in Ukraine urged to review their safety procedures.
Earlier this year it was announced that SWIFT, as banks around the world use every day for transfers of billions , used by hackers to steal nearly 660 million crowns from the country’s central bank. Similar attacks have taken place according to AFP in Ecuador and Vietnam.
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