15-04-2017 04:54 via yahoo.com

Hackers release files indicating NSA monitored global bank transfers

Hackers released documents and files on Friday that cybersecurity experts said indicated the U.S. National Security Agency had accessed the SWIFT interbank messaging system, allowing it to monitor money flows among some Middle Eastern and Latin American banks.The documents and files were released by a group calling themselves The Shadow Brokers.Some of the records bear NSA seals, but Reuters could not confirm their authenticity.
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