Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2015-02-14 00:00:00
Affected organization: Standard Chartered Bank
Affected country: Pakistan
Industry: Finance and Insurance
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The Pakistani branch of Standard Chartered Bank is hacked, and as a consequence many customers fall victim to illegitimate withdrawals from their bank accounts.