A newly discovered Russian-language hacker group known as Buhtrap has attacked 13 Russian banks since August using malware that infiltrates their gateway to the central bank, according to Moscow-based cybersecurity company Group-IB.
The hackers spread the malware using infected e-mails that mimicked
correspondence from the central bank and Gazprombank JSC, Group-IB said in a report Thursday. The program then targeted the automated bank-customer system that connects to the regulator.
“This is the most critical system for Russian banks,” Dmitry Volkov, the head of Group-IB’s cyberintelligence department, said by phone. “This is the same as if hackers were to get access to the SWIFT system at Citibank, for example.”
In their biggest heist identified to date, the hackers stole 600 million rubles ($8.65 million), the security firm said, declining to name the lender. Two small regional banks that were targeted each suffered losses totaling 2.5 times capital. In another case, an attempt to steal 1 billion rubles was thwarted. For the full article click here
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