Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2018-08-11 00:00:00
Affected organization: Cosmos Bank
Affected country: India
Industry: Finance and Insurance
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Cyber criminals hack the systems of India's Cosmos Bank and siphon off nearly 944 million rupees ($13.5 million) through simultaneous withdrawals across 28 countries. Unidentified hackers stole customer information through a malware attack on its ATM server.