Pro-Russian hackers say they were behind a number of attacks on the IT systems of banks and other financial institutions in Europe.
Killnet says that it attacked the inner workings of the European Investment Bank (EIB). The EIB has admitted that it has been attacked.
The hackers have attacked the EIB and other financial institutions with a number of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.
As a reaction to the sanctions put on Russia after it invaded Ukraine, pro-Russian groups like Killnet, Anonymous Sudan, and REvil have gone after the European banking system.
On Killnet’s Telegram page, the most recent post said:
“Hello Europe! How are things with the IBAN banking system? I feel like something is wrong with her. Perhaps the transfer system is affected by bad weather. And also the weather forecasters say that not only IBAN will be dead, but also SEPA, WISE, SWIFT.”
Matt Hull, the global head of threat intelligence at NCC Group, says that hackers who do things for political reasons pose a big risk to governments, companies, and key infrastructure. So, organizations should take security steps that are proactive and foster a culture of resilience.
