European Central Bank Archives

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 May 06, 2018

European Central Bank announced a framework for cyber attack simulation on financial firms

Last week, the European Central Bank has published the European framework for testing financial sector resilience to cyber attacks. The framework aims to simulate the effects of cyber attacks on critical systems in the banking industry in the European Union. The move is the response to the numerous cyberheists that hit the financial industry in the past […]

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 […]