ECB Cyberattack Sat for Six Months Before Striking
Return To ArticleA cyber attack that has forced the European Central Bank (ECB) to temporarily shut down one of its websites went unnoticed for more than six months.
The ECB closed its Banks’ Integrated Reported Dictionary on Thursday after it emerged that hackers had infiltrated the site in December 2018 and infected it with malware.
The malware is believed to have been deployed as part of a phishing campaign and may have been used to extract subscribers’ email addresses, names and titles.
