NIC ASIA SWIFT Hacked and steal the Money

NIC ASIA SWIFT Hacked
SWIFT is  a server that is used for transferring the funds inside or outside the country. This server is developed by SOCIETY FOR WELFARE with the purpose of doing transaction more easily. Over 90% uses this server SWIFT(SOCIETY FOR WORLDWIDE INTER-BANK FINANCIAL TELECOMMUNICATION) to transfer the money from one bank to another bank
Now, if there would be any vulnerability available in this server then hackers going to be easily take the advantage from it.

According to the latest news, unidentified criminals attacked the SWIFT system of most popular and reputed bank of Nepal and that is NIC Asia. On the day of Laxmi Puja, As per the report, that hackers attacked the SWIFT system of the bank with the purpose of stealing the money by distributing vulnerability in the information technology system of Nepali banks. NIC Asia informed about this incident to the Nepal Rastra bank.(NRB)

The Nepal Rastra Bank(NRB) central bank of Nepal, confirms that, Unidentified cyber-criminal attacks on the Tihar vacation, when all the banks are remained closed. According to the NRB Deputy Spokesperson, the actual amount that has been transfered illegally through multiple small transactions via SWIFT, has not been confirmed yet. But with the latest information, approximately 40 crore money was steal from the bank.
Because of this incident, big transaction of the bank has been stopped and aware international bank not to entertain the transaction of NIC Asia.

“With similar malware these hackers hacked the bank of Bangladesh and that resembles biggest-ever cyber heist”

These hackers hacked the bank of Bangladesh as well on may 2016 for illegal payment via SWIFT.
According to the report prepared by Russia-based computer security firm Kaspersky lab, the malware that is used to attack financial institutions in Nepal is called Carbanak.

NRB is trying to return back those hacked money as soon as possible.

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