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Hackers Crashed a Bank's Computers While Attempting a SWIFT Hack (bleepingcomputer.com)

Posted by msmash on from the security-woes dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Hackers have used a disk-wiping malware to sabotage hundreds of computers at a bank in Chile to distract staff while they were attempting to steal money via the bank's SWIFT money transferring system. The attempted hack took place at the end of May when hackers wiped the HDD MBR of over 9,000 computers and over 500 servers. Fortunately the hackers failed to steal money from the bank (an estimated $11 million). This is the same hacker group who failed last month when they tried to steal over $110 million from a Mexico bank. Further reading: Ripple and SWIFT slug it out over cross-border payments.

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  1. Pathetic. by Gravis+Zero · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If they were real hackers then they wouldn't have wiped the drive MBRs but merely replaced the HDD/SSD firmwares with hacked ones that gave them a nearly undetectable backdoor to the bank. Seriously, if you are going to steal millions then you should at least make an effort to do it properly. -_-

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