21-12-2017 21:56 via uk.finance.yahoo.com

Russia's Globex bank says hackers targeted its SWIFT computers

MOSCOW/TORONTO (Reuters) - Hackers tried to steal 55 million roubles ($940,000) from Russian state bank Globex using the SWIFT international payments messaging system, the bank said on Thursday, the latest in a string of attempted cyber heists that use fraudulent wire-transfer requests.The bank's disclosure comes after SWIFT, whose messaging system is used to transfer trillions of dollars each day, warned late last month that the threat of digital heists is on the rise as hackers use increasingl
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