KnowBe4 - [Heads-up] Massive Downtime Caused By Bad Guys Killing Bank's 9,500+ Systems To Hide Stealing 10 Million Dollars Via SWIFT
A cyberattack against Banco De Chile (BDC)—that country's largest financial institution—bricked a hair-raising 9,000 workstations and 500 servers. However, killing these machines was actually just to a cover trying to hide illegal transactions on the SWIFT network where banks transfer funds internationally. After the dust settled, $10 million was funneled off to accounts in Hong Kong.
from KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training Blog https://blog.knowbe4.com/heads-up-massive-downtime-caused-by-bad-guys-killing-banks-9500-systems-to-hide-stealing-10-million-dollars-via-swift