A man walking over a bridge in Frankfurt, Germany. The European Central Bank (background) said no market-sensitive data had been compromised during the attack on its Banks’ Integrated Reporting Dictionary (BIRD). — AP
FRANKFURT: The European Central Bank (ECB) shut down one of its websites on Aug 15 after it was hacked and infected with malicious software.
The ECB said no market-sensitive data had been compromised during the attack on its Banks’ Integrated Reporting Dictionary (BIRD), which it uses to provide bankers with information on how to produce statistical and supervisory reports.
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