Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-10-12 00:00:00
Affected organization: SWIFT
Affected country: Undetermined
Industry: Finance and Insurance
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of End Hosts,Exploitation of Data in Transit
Motive: Financial
Actor: Odinaff group
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Symantec reveals that a second group of hackers are attempting to rob banks by targeting SWIFT users deploying the same methods that led to the Bangladesh Bank hacking heist. The tools used are linked to the Odinaff group, which since the beginning of the year, has targeted financial institutions worldwide.