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McGuireWoods LLP

FFIEC Provides Banks with Guidance Following the SWIFT Hacks

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On June 7, 2016, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) reminded banks of the cyber risks associated with interbank messaging and wholesale payment networks. FFIEC made its announcement after hackers...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Cybersecurity Response to Recent Wholesale Payment Systems Breaches

In February 2016, hackers stole $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank by sending fraudulent messages through the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) messaging system. Three months...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Federal Regulators Focus on Minimum Cyber Standards For Banks

A new set of federal banking regulations are on the horizon aimed at helping financial institutions put in place minimum compliance standards to prevent future cyber-attacks. Bloomberg Law has reported that the Federal...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Ukrainian bank loses $10 million in latest SWIFT cyber-attack

An unnamed bank in Ukraine is the most recent victim in a series of cyber-attacks exploiting vulnerabilities in the international banking communications system. According to an independent IT monitoring organization, hackers...more

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

How Many Times Do We Have to Tell You Not to Open the Cat Video

Everyone has been in a movie theater when one of the actors approaches that door to the basement behind which strange noises are coming. They reach out to turn the knob and in unison the audience is thinking “Fool, haven’t...more

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