Cyber breach: The Philippines incident is the fourth known cyberattack against a bank involving fraudulent SWIFT messages.
WASHINGTON: Hackers who stole US$81mil (RM329mil) from Bangladesh's central bank have been linked to another cyber attack, this time on a bank in the Philippines, in addition to the 2014 hack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, cyber security company Symantec Corp said in a blog post on Thursday.
If confirmed, the Philippines incident would represent the fourth known cyberattack against a bank involving fraudulent SWIFT messages. SWIFT, as the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication is known, this week urged banks to bolster their security, saying it was aware of multiple attacks.
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