The Bank of England has ordered UK banks to review their cyber security, particularly where their computers are connected to the SWIFT bank messaging network, following the $81m heist from Bank Bangladesh. The checks called for by the Bank of England include conducting what are known as user entitlement reviews, which ensure that only authorized staff have access to SWIFT applications and the service’s messaging gateway, that person said. A spokesman for RBS said: "We have been working with our customers and partners on a range of measures in response to this incident.
The Bank of England has ordered UK banks to review their cyber security, particularly where their computers are connected to the SWIFT bank messaging network, following the $81m heist from Bank Bangladesh. A spokesman for RBS said: "We have been working with our customers and partners on a range of measures in response to this incident.