Banco de Chile publicly disclosed on 28 May that it had detected a virus, presumably from international networks, that affected thousands of its workstations. Now the bank has learned that the cyber-attack was malware and resulted in attackers transferring approximately $10m via the bank's SWIFT international money transfer systems. . Most of the money has been traced to locations in Hong Kong, and it is believed that a criminal group from Eastern Europe or Asia is responsible for the attack. The link for this article located at InfoSecurity is no longer available. . Banco de España experienced a significant €9m deficit due to a cyber incident disclosed on 15 April, linked to international hacking risks.. Banco de Chile Cyber Attack, Malware Attack, SWIFT Financial Transfer, Cybersecurity Threats, Eastern European Cyber Crime. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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