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Pierluigi Paganini July 12, 2022
The President of European Central Bank Christine Lagarde targeted by hackers

Christine Lagarde, the president of the European Central Bank, was the target of a failed hacking attempt. The European Central Bank confirmed that its President, Christine Lagarde, was the target of a failed hacking attempt. The European Central Bank revealed that the hacking attempt took place recently, but the good news it that its experts […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 14, 2022
European Central Bank tells banks to step up defences against nation-state attacks

The European Central Bank is warning banks of possible Russia-linked cyber attack amid the rising crisis with Ukraine. The European Central Bank is warning banks of possible Russia-linked cyber attack amid the rising crisis with Ukraine and is inviting them to step up defenses. The news was reported by Reuters, citing two unnamed sources. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 10, 2020
A cyber-attack on major banks could trigger a liquidity crisis, ECB President Christine Lagarde warns

The president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, is warning that a cyber-attack on a major financial institution could trigger a liquidity crisis. The president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, has warned that a coordinated cyber-attack on major banks could trigger a liquidity crisis. President Lagarde cited findings of a […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2019
European Central Bank (ECB) discloses data breach in BIRD Newsletter

The European Central Bank (ECB) announced that threat actors had access for months to the contact information of hundreds of financial industry subscribers to its newsletter The ECB was the victim of a data breach, the bank announced that hackers had access for several months to the contact information of hundreds of financial industry subscribers […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 27, 2014
European Central Bank victim of an attempt of cyber extortion

Hackers steal user contact information and other data from a database of the European Central Bank website in an attempt of extortion. Financial institutions are under attack, the number of cyber attacks against banking industry is increasing constantly, last malicious campaign discovered in order of time is the Operation Emmental. A few days ago, bad […]