Russian Central Bank: Hackers Stole $31 Million From Correspondent

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>Hackers stole 2 billion rubles ($31.3 million) from correspondent bank accounts at Russia’s central bank, a spokeswoman at the central bank confirmed Friday, adding that the country was devising new measures to be prepared for further attacks.

>“We can’t say exactly when, but we can say today it was stolen,” Ekaterina Glebova, an official in the central bank’s press office, told The Wall Street Journal.

>The incident is the latest in a string of high-profile cyberattacks, including a $81 million theft in February from Bangladesh central bank’s account at the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank in New York and others in Vietnam and Ecuador. The global money transfer network Swift was caught up in that theft, because the Fed acted on fraudulent, but authenticated payment instructions sent over the network.

>The money in question in the Russian hacking belongs to banking clients that hold accounts at the central bank. Ms. Glebova said that Artem Sychev, of the central bank’s department of security and information protection, referred to the theft of 2 billion rubles from correspondent accounts in a speech Friday. Reuters earlier reported his remarks.

>The spokeswoman said Mr. Sychev said that the hackers attempted to steal 5 billion rubles and that the central bank was able to recover some of the money. She said the central bank’s security team had collected information about the attacks and contacted police and security forces.
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