French bank confirms cyber heist, hackers suspected to have stolen $133 million
Original title: French bank confirms cyber heist, hackers suspected to have stolen an estimated $133 million
Crédit Mutuel Arkéa confirms attackers stole an estimated $133 million through a supplier platform, but says the sum is not a threat to its solvency.
A major French banking firm confirmed a sophisticated attack after reports hackers stole an estimated $133 million. Crédit Mutuel Arkéa said attackers compromised a supplier to make transfers using its own account. Customer accounts were not accessed. The bank is working with authorities to recover funds.
- Attack via service provider platform
- Estimated theft $133 million from crypto exchanges
- No impact on customer assets
- Bank assets over £237 billion
Impact: Funds stolen via banking account compromise
- Victims
- Crédit Mutuel Arkéa
- Countries
- France
From the original article
2 min read at therecord.mediaCrédit Mutuel Arkéa said in a press notice that the attackers were able to make transfers using the bank’s own account after compromising an unnamed supplier.
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