$4.4 million moved to accounts in US, UK and Japan via fraudulent SWIFT messages, Himalayan News Service reports. Attackers reportedly struck the bank during Tihar – aka Deepawali – a five-day Hindu festival. Nepal’s central bank, Nepal Rastra Bank, was able to recover $3.9 million, although $580,000 had already been released to overseas bank accountholders. More than 11,000 financial institutions across 200 countries and territories use the interbank messaging system from Brussels-based SWIFT cooperative.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/report-attackers-hacked-nepalese-banks-swift-server-a-10437