The central banks of Indonesia and South Korea have been hit by cyber attacks on their public websites since activist hacking group Anonymous pledged last month to target banks across the world, senior officials say.
In response to the attempted hacks, Bank Indonesia has blocked 149 regions that don’t usually access its website, including several small African countries, deputy governor Ronald Waas told Reuters in an interview late on Monday.
He said several central banks were hit by similar attacks and were sharing the IP addresses used by the perpetrators.
Central banks have been on high alert in the wake of revelations that hackers issued fraudulent money transfers to steal $US81 million ($A108.72 million) from the Bangladesh central bank in February.
No money was lost in the attacks on Bank Indonesia and the Bank of Korea, which were mainly DDoS (distributed denial of service) attempts, the officials said.
There was no word on who the hackers were.
Waas said the cyber attacks were unsuccessful because of the co-operation between central banks.
“There is regional co-operation between central banks. Those who have gotten hit are sharing their experiences,” he said. For the full article click here
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