SWIFT has cataloged multiple attempts by attackers to hack into banks’ systems and issue fraudulent SWIFT transfers. Some banks have lost money as a result, according to a private letter sent from SWIFT to its customers on Aug. 30. About 11,000 institutions in more than 200 countries use SWIFT’s interbank messaging software and network. A letter to customers does not specify which institutions were targeted, which attacks were successful or how much was stolen, a SWIFT spokesman says. The letter also threatens to report banks to their regulators if they don’t meet a Nov. 19 deadline for installing updated SWIFT software.”]
Source: https://www.govinfosecurity.com/swift-sees-new-hack-attacks-against-banks-a-9374