MEXICO CITY, May 16 (Reuters) - Mexico’s central bank said on Wednesday a cyber attack that has affected a payments system in the country had hit a total of five companies and that an estimated 300 million pesos ($15.33 million) of irregular transactions had been detected so far. Bank of Mexico Governor Alejandro Diaz de Leon said five market participants were victims of the hack, which hit connections to a domestic payments system at the end of April, but did not specify which banks, brokerages or other companies were targeted. ($1 = 19.5685 Mexican pesos) (Reporting by Michael O’Boyle; Editing by Christine Murray)
Five unnamed companies have been affected by a cyber attack on a domestic payments system in Mexico. The Mexican government said the attacks were carried out by hackers who gained access to its computer systems and stole data from more than 100 million customers.