Failed hack via SWIFT on Vietnam bank tried to send funds to Slovenia: central bank

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HANOI: Vietnam's central bank said on May 17 a failed hacking attempt on Tien Phong Bank (TPBank) using the SWIFT messaging system sought to fraudulently transfer €1.2mil (RM5.44mil) to a Slovenian bank late last year in one transaction. 

The thwarted transfer on Dec 8 was the only hack attempt via SWIFT detected by TPBank and no other Vietnamese lenders, or the central bank itself, have been affected, Le Manh Hung, head of the State Bank of Vietnam's Information Technology Department told Reuters in an interview.