Hackers steal 2 billion rubles at Russia's central bank
Source: CNN
The Bank of Russia confirmed the heist to CNNMoney on Friday.
Hackers tried to steal 5 billion rubles, but the central banking authority managed to stop them and redirect the funds, according to central bank security executive Artiom Sychev.
"We were lucky to return some of money," said a central bank spokesperson.
Hackers also targeted the private banks and stole cash from their clients, the central bank reported.
The central bank did not say when the heist occurred or how hackers moved the funds. But so far, the attack bears some similarity to a recent string of heists that has targeted the worldwide financial system.
Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2016/12/02/technology/russia-central-bank-hack/index.html
longship
(40,416 posts)They'll eat their own.
Interesting news.
global1
(25,294 posts)all the Russian hacking that was being done to us by them.
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)There is a lot of this sort of bank robbery from organized crime hackers.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/world/bank-hackers-steal-millions-via-malware.html
ffr
(22,676 posts)How ironic it would be though. Payback perhaps?
C Moon
(12,225 posts)Or, maybe it's getting scary.
angrychair
(8,751 posts)About $30 million US
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)So more than it sounded to me.
angrychair
(8,751 posts)I guess my point was that "2 billion rupees" sounds like a lot because of the "billion" but it's buying power is not very strong.
canetoad
(17,214 posts)Heading says, "..steals 2 bilion rubles.."
Next para- "tried to steal...", stopped by banking authority.
"Return some of the money..." so, was it stolen or not?
If this story was straight from Moscow, I'd be tolerant of translation anomalies, but CNN, ffs?
greatbaldeagle
(157 posts)The OP left out the first sentence of the CNN story.
"Hackers have stolen 2 billion rubles -- equivalent to $31 million -- from accounts that banks keep at Russia's central bank."