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Cyber Thieves Claim To Hit Two Big Canadian Banks (reuters.com)

Posted by msmash on from the take-a-note dept.

New submitter Heritype writes: Bank of Montreal, Canada's fourth biggest lender, said on Monday it was contacted by fraudsters on Sunday who claimed they were in possession of the personal and financial information of a limited number of the bank's customers. The bank said it believed the attack originated from outside the country and was confident the exposures that led to the theft of customer data had been closed off.

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Canada's fifth biggest lender, said fraudsters contacted the lender on Sunday claiming they had electronically stolen personal and account information of 40,000 customers of its Simplii direct banking brand.
Other Canadian banks said they had not been affected. Further reading: BMO and CIBC-owned Simplii Financial reveal hacks of customer data.

20 comments

  1. fsirt spot! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Not even a fair game these days

  2. Fraud? This is hacking. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    What? This is hacking/cracking. Why are people calling it fraud?

    1. Re: Fraud? This is hacking. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You've been watching too much fake news on TV. The word originated at MIT not CNN.

      Do some Internet reaserch before commenting next time.

  3. Haha! Jokes on them! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Canadian dollars ain't worth jack!

  4. Actually made public. by ls671 · · Score: 2

    The unusual part of this is that this one got published. Usually, nobody ever hears about such things although they happen more often that you might come to expect at first.

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    Everything I write is lies, read between the lines.
    1. Re:Actually made public. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      CBC link has more details. tl;DR - bad guys went public on their own. The language from the banks is quite baffling though. They make it sound like their own systems detected the breach which is false. Also not clear where the 40k users came from since, at least according to the CBC, only two were given as an example.

      Likely more to this. I mean they won't even say where the attacks came from.

  5. Professor Stefan Halper by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Putin must be responsible for Operation Crossfire Hurricane too. And he probably had something to do with the controlled demolition of three skyscrapers on 9-11. Democrats wouldn't lie about that. LOL

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  6. Why would they do that? by houghi · · Score: 2

    Why would they claim to have done it? Even if true, why would they admit to it, even anonymously. Most thieves would want this sort of thing never to get public and will deny everything from the start.

    Or might it be the bank that claims it? That would be worse. Why would they claim it and not state it. Are they not sure that it happened? Or are they not sure that it was theft or even illegal and not just a standard transaction?
    I can imagine the call I might get:
    "We have no idea where your money went. Probably some hackors or russions or terroristsers. You know how it is with these Intertubes. Oh well. These things happen. If we get your money back somehow, we will call you. Now have a nice day and sorry."

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    Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.
    1. Re:Why would they do that? by sinij · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Why would they claim to have done it?

      Likely it was a blackmail attempt and public disclosure is a result of failing to pay.l

    2. Re:Why would they do that? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Ok, putting aside my annoyance that they got hacked to begin with (these multi-billion dollar companies should have far more than enough money to invest in rock solid tech security) I'm glad they at the very least refused to pay if that's the case.

      This sends off a signal to the criminals that attempts to blackmail won't get them any money and hints that these wealthy banks will probably be able to bankroll some major investigation efforts to uncover these criminals and bring them to justice. In effect, potentially deterring a lot of me-too hackers at the very least.

  7. But what does the mentally ill have to say by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    What I want to know is what the mentally ill proprietor of a host file combiner has to say about its effectiveness against these types of attacks.

    1. Re:But what does the mentally ill have to say by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      We saw how ineffective you are vs. apk as you had to run you unidentifiable anonymous do nothing stalker https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=12157390&threshold=-1&commentsort=0&mode=thread&pid=56689956/

    2. Re:But what does the mentally ill have to say by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      APK everyone knows it was you posting that to make it look like you have support. Why don't you claim it or are you just afraid that you will get blown away like always? I guess you are the scared little cry baby everyone says you are. Maybe next you can reply to your own comments to make it look like there are multiple people who support you, or post one of your antisemitic screeds. There is always the option to rage across /. for a few days or rage on about a few of the people who have schooled you many times over. How about you call me a ne're-do-well but you better do it fast before your parents call the police to have you forcible removed from their house.

    3. Re:But what does the mentally ill have to say by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It's hilarious seeing apk expose you as a do nothing zero that's running from his fair challenge mr. unidentifiable anonymous hypocrite "ne'er-do-well" you are! Must be so wonderful to be a waste of life and an undereducated nobody like you (not).

    4. Re:But what does the mentally ill have to say by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      So you still got nothing but more bullshit. I guess that is to be expected from the king of bullshit APK. When APK's greatest accomplishment is a toy problem he has to try to make himself look better than he is. Just keep replying APK then everyone will know that you are even more useless than your work. Now that you have been exposed for the lying bullshitter you are it is time to deflect hard.

    5. Re:But what does the mentally ill have to say by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It's no bullshit others want to try his work and like it in past versions on Windows. You did better? https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=12166080&cid=56695008/ Of course not. You're a worthless loser do-nothing chattering "ne'er-do-well" troll APK ran out of your 'downmodpoints' again. He asked you show you did better. Why is it you can't loser? Oh, we KNOW why.

  8. Sounds off by PKFC · · Score: 1

    Like anyone of any importance at a bank could be reachable by a random outsider on a Sunday. And given how little most companies care about security, I would be surprised if anyone would actually respond.

    1. Re:Sounds off by danomac · · Score: 1

      CIBC was in the news last year because they decided to outsource to India. I'd wager that security isn't high on their priorities list.

      Glad to see it's working out for them. (More seriously, who didn't see this coming?)

  9. How about what OTHERS say chump? apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See subject & see others wanting to try my ware here (I bet it KILLS you! I love it, you always kill yourself FOR me though) https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=12166080&cid=56695008/ so, as I said to you in OTHER replies to your sorry do-nothing zero "ne'er-do-well" hiding behind UNIDENTIABLE anonymous posts trolling me? Say this (you need it, you have the DEVIL on your BACK fucker): "In the name of Jesus Christ, Satan, GET THEE BEHIND ME", ok?

    * Meanwhile TRY not to "rage out" TOO hard over seeing the inevitable happen (others liking my work https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=12157390&cid=56692810/ & I am fairly certain he'll like what he tries - it's THAT good & GUI (the future))

    APK

    P.S.=> You LIKE apples? How d'ya like THEM apples?? LOL... apk