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A third bank was a victim of cyber heist that involved the SWIFT

Ecuador Bank Banco Del Austro of Cuenca was hacked by threat actors that targeted the SWIFT systems and stole $12 Million. The Ecuadorian Bank was hacked in January 2015, it was revealed via a lawsuit filed by the Ecuadorian bank against Wells Fargo that sued US bank over hacker thefts. In February hackers have stolen $81 Million from the Bangladesh central bank and a few days ago, a second commercial bank was a victim of a cyber heist, the crime appears to be part of a broad online attack on global banking.”]

Source: http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/47532/cyber-crime/swift-thord-cyber-heist.html

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