Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-02-04 00:00:00
Affected organization: Russian banks
Affected country: Russian Federation
Industry: Finance and Insurance
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of Data in Transit
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The Cyber Crime Department of the Russian Interior Ministry reveals the details of an operation able to steal about 1.5 bln rubles ($19.8 mln) from several dozen Russian banks, during 2015 via compromised Visa and MasterCard international payment systems.