Unnamed Indian bank
August 2, 2016
•[ hack, finance ]
A pro-Pakistani hacker dubbed Afzal Faizal claims to have obtained access to the e-payment system of a nationalized bank.
South Korea
August 1, 2016
•[ espionage, hack, finance ]
North Korean hackers gain access to data of dozens of South Korean officials including diplomats and top security personnel. Emails and passwords of as many as 56 people are leaked.
HSBC
July 12, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, finance ]
Hacker group OurMine, claims that it temporarily took down the servers of HSBC in the US and the UK.
Top Eight Banks in Taiwan including Bank of Taiwan, Chang Hwa Bank, First Bank.
July 12, 2016
•[ financial, malware, finance ]
The top eight banks in Taiwan have been forced to shut down activity on hundreds of ATMs after a coordinated group of thieves used malware to steal NT$70 million ($2.17m, 1.64m, 1.9m) in cash.
Unnamed Ukrainian bank
June 25, 2016
•[ financial, hack, finance ]
Another hack carried on via the SWIFT messaging system: this time hackers have stolen $10 million from an unnamed Ukrainian bank, according to an ISACA report.
The DAO
June 21, 2016
•[ hack, finance ]
Unknown attackers attack the DAO foundation and steal more than 3.6 million Ethereum (whose value is between $45 and $77 million).
Fidelity National Information Services (FIS Global)
June 15, 2016
•[ hack, finance ]
1x0123, the same hacker who previously claimed to have hacked PornHub, claims to have hacked the client portal of Fidelity National Information Services.
Unknown Organization
June 9, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, finance ]
As part of the same operations, the Anonymous take down the Romania Stock Exchange (sibex.ro).
BitGo
June 4, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, finance ]
A massive DDoS attack hits BitGo, a service that describes itself as the most secure Bitcoin wallet solution available today.
London Stock Exchange (LSE)
June 2, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, finance ]
Hackers affiliated to the Anonymous collective claim to have taken down the London Stock Exchange in the name of OpIcarus.
Regpack
May 20, 2016
•[ leak, misconfiguration, finance ]
In July 2016, a tweet was posted with a link to an alleged data breach of BlueSnap, a global payment gateway and merchant account provider. The data contained 324k payment records across 105k unique email addresses and included personal attributes such as name, home address and phone number. The data was verified with multiple Have I Been Pwned subscribers who confirmed it also contained valid transactions, partial credit card numbers, expiry dates and CVVs. A downstream consumer of BlueSnap services known as Regpack was subsequently identified as the source of the data after they identified human error had left the transactions exposed on a publicly facing server. A full investigation of the data and statement by Regpack is detailed in the post titled Someone just lost 324k payment records, complete with CVVs.
Commercial Bank of Ceylon
May 16, 2016
•[ hack, finance ]
The Sri Lanka-based Commercial Bank of Ceylon releases a statement admitting that a "hacking attack" on its website resulted in a successful intrusion. However, no customer data has been compromised.
Central Bank of Tunisia
May 15, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, finance ]
Anonymous has taken down five more banks as part of OpIcarus. The targets are the Bank of France, the Central bank of the United Arab Emirates, the Central Bank of Tunisia, the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, and the Philippine National Bank.
Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates
May 15, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, finance ]
Anonymous has taken down five more banks as part of OpIcarus. The targets are the Bank of France, the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates, the Central Bank of Tunisia, the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, and the Philippine National Bank.
Central bank of South Korea
May 13, 2016
•[ hack, finance ]
Another round of OpIcarus. This time the targets are: Central Bank of Jordan, Central bank of South Korea, Bank of Compagnie Monegasque, Central Bank of Montenegro.
Bank of England
May 13, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, finance ]
In name of OpIcarus, the Anonymous claim to have taken down the internal email server of the Bank of England.
Tien Phong Bank
May 13, 2016
•[ financial, malware, finance ]
SWIFT confirms a new attack in which attackers managed to illegally transfer funds from a member bank by using its system. Further details, including the bank name are revealed two days after. The victim is the Tien Phong Bank in Vietnam.
National Bank of Panama
May 7, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, finance ]
OpIcarus continues and the Anonymous take down other banks across the world, including: The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic, the Guernsey Financial Services Commission, the Central Bank of Maldives, the Dutch Central Bank, the National Bank of Panama, the Central Bank of Kenya, the Central Bank of Mexico, and the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Guernsey Financial Services Commission
May 6, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, finance ]
OpIcarus continues and the Anonymous take down other banks across the world, including: The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic, the Guernsey Financial Services Commission, the Central Bank of Maldives, the Dutch Central Bank, the National Bank of Panama, the Central Bank of Kenya, the Central Bank of Mexico, and the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
UAE Investbank
May 6, 2016
•[ financial, leak, finance ]
A 10GB file has been published online that purports to hold sensitive financial data on tens of thousands of customers belonging to UAE Investbank. A Turkish group dubbed Bozkurt claims responsibility for the attack.
