Banks have been advised to enhance their security after the US National Security Agency (NSA) accessed the Swift global banking platform by exploiting vulnerabilities in Microsoft products. Hacking group Shadow Brokers published documents last week claiming the NSA accessed the Swift network by compromising third-party banking service providers in Latin America and the Middle East. Reports of an alleged hacker-compromised EastNets Service Bureau (ENSB) network is totally false and unfounded," he said. The revelations come as a number of banks are being targeted for cyber attacks following reports that hackers breached SWIFT’s systems during an attack on Bangladesh Bank earlier this year.
Banks have been advised to enhance their security after the US National Security Agency (NSA) accessed the Swift global banking platform by exploiting vulnerabilities in Microsoft products. Hacking group Shadow Brokers published documents last week claiming the NSA accessed the Swift network by compromising third-party banking service providers in Latin America and the Middle East. The revelations come as a number of banks are being targeted for cyber attacks following reports that hackers breached SWIFT’s systems during an attack on Bangladesh Bank earlier this year.