Hackers posing as Merkel target ECB's Lagarde - German source

FILE PHOTO: President of European Central Bank Christine Lagarde speaks during a signing ceremony on the adoption of the euro by Croatia in Brussels, Belgium July 12, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Unidentified hackers attempted to trick European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde into letting them open a messaging app account in her name by posing as former German chancellor Angela Merkel, a German source said on Tuesday.

The plot was quickly foiled without any information being compromised, an ECB spokesperson said.