Cybersecurity incident — 2019-08-15 00:00:00
Affected organization: European Central Bank
Affected country: Germany
Industry: Finance and Insurance
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined

The European Central Bank uncovers a data breach in its Bank newsletter. The attackers had access for months to the contact information of hundreds of financial industry subscribers to the Banks' Integrated Reporting Dictionary (BIRD) website.