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Russian Metel group manipulated ruble-dollar exchange rate with malware

A Russian group of cyber criminals known as METEL has hacked the systems at the Kazan-based Energobank and manipulate Ruble-Dollar Exchange Rate. The event occurred exactly one year ago, in Feb 2015, when the hacking group dubbed METEL breached into the Russian Regional Bank for just 14 minutes resulting in the fluctuation of the exchange between 55 and 66 rubles per dollar. The Moscow Exchange denied that its systems have been hacked, it also highlighted that its investigation has found no evidence of the currency market manipulation.”]

Source: http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/44376/cyber-crime/metel-hackers-exchange-rate.html

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