On Sunday, the central bank issued an emergency cyber alert to its staff and officials after malware was detected in its server. The reserve heist too happened because of a malware in the BB’s Swift-RTGS system, which gave the band of hackers an entry into the central bank’s server. And they are yet to get back the connection on their workstations, half a dozen BB officials confirmed to Dhaka Tribune yesterday. “As a precautionary measure, we suspended the internet service in the central bank,” he added. The central bank is in the process of building up a SOC, said Debdulal Roy, executive director of the BB’s Information Systems Development and Support Department.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 14, 2021 20:44 UTC