Russian and Sudanese hackers claim they attacked the European Investment Bank
June 21, 2023
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In a joint statement, both groups write that they allegedly “paralyzed the inter-network infrastructure of the European Investment Bank – the EIB.” The financial institution’s Twitter posted a
In a joint statement, both groups write that they allegedly “paralyzed the inter-network infrastructure of the European Investment Bank – the EIB.” The financial institution’s Twitter posted a message confirming the authenticity of the attack.
what is known
Last week, hackers promised to attack European and US banks, SWIFT, the US Federal Reserve System and “sanction” European wire transfer systems SEPA, IBAN, WIRE, SWIFT, WISE.
On 19 June 2023, the KillNet Telegram channel announced that it had launched this “destructive campaign” against Europe’s banking sector, reporting that they had paralyzed the EIB’s infrastructure.
The bank itself has not yet provided details. It is unknown what the scale of the attack was and what exactly it affected.
We are currently experiencing a cyberattack affecting the usability of eib.org and eif.org. We respond to an event, – wrote a tweet financial organization.
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