A Vietnamese bank says it foiled a plot to transfer $1.36 million out of its accounts via the interbank SWIFT messaging system. The attempted attack “did not cause any losses,” the bank reportedly said in a statement to Reuters. The State Bank of Vietnam – the country’s central bank – is probing the attack after having received related information from TPBank, spokeswoman says. The attack was carried out in part after attackers used malware to infect a PDF reader used by bank employees, SWIFT says.”]
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