Hackers about to Attack Banks in 18 Countries, including Nigeria
A report by Russian cyber security firm, Kaspersky claims that a
cyber security firm backed by the government of North Korea were targeting
financial institutions in 18 countries including Nigeria. Two international
security experts, according to the hacking claims by the CNN, believe North
Korea is likely spending the stolen funds on its nuclear weapons programme. “Banks
and security researchers have previously identified four similar cyber-heists
attempted on financial institutions in Bangladesh, Ecuador, the Philippines and
Vietnam,” the report read in par
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“But
researchers at Kaspersky now say the same hacking operation, known as
‘Lazarus’, also attacked financial institutions in Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Gabon,
India, Indonesia, Iraq, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Poland, Taiwan, Thailand and
Uruguay.” The United Press International also reported that the hackers were
traced to North Korea after Kaspersky detected a mistake, and a hacker from a
group operation known as Lazarus connected from North Korea. Reports say the
hackers had previously routed their attacks from computer services in France,
South Korea and Taiwan, a move which made it difficult for security experts to
identify the origin of the breaches.
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