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Citi Pushes Back on New York’s Online Fraud Suit: We’re Not ‘Bad Guys’

Citigroup Inc. said US banks will be forced into a “dramatic shift” in how electronic payments are processed if New York state wins a lawsuit claiming the company doesn’t do enough to prevent online fraud. Lawyers for the company’s Citibank …

ECB’s Cyber Security Test Shows ‘Room for Improvement’ for Banks

Euro zone banks have “room for improvement” in their cyber security, starting with how they would keep their business running after a hack, the European Central Bank said on Friday. The ECB’s first ever cyber risk stress test was launched …

Morgan Stanley Files $60 Million Proposed Settlement of Data Breach Claims

Morgan Stanley has filed for court approval of a $60 million settlement of a class action stemming from two data breaches in July 2020 that the complaint alleges compromised the information of 15 million of the investment bank’s customers. The …

Regulator Warns Banks That Ransomware Attacks Are Rising

A top U.S. banking regulator is cautioning firms to ensure they have robust policies to protect themselves from cyberattacks, saying it is seeing an uptick in ransomware attacks, it said in a report issued Monday. The Office of the Comptroller …

Hacker Attack Causes European Central Bank to Shut Down a Website

The European Central Bank (ECB) shut down one of its websites on Thursday after it was hacked and infected with malicious software. The ECB said no market-sensitive data had been compromised during the attack on its Banks’ Integrated Reporting Dictionary …

U.S. Banks Face Growing Threat from Cyber Attacks: New Bank Regulator

U.S. banks are facing a growing threat from cyber attackers and making defense against them more complex by relying on third-party firms for support, according to a report released Thursday by Joseph Otting, the Trump administration appointee who took over …

U.S. Seeks Tougher Cybersecurity Standards for Banks

U.S. bank regulators last Wednesday outlined cyber security standards meant to protect financial markets and consumers from online attacks against the nation’s leading financial firms. Leading banks will be expected to use the most sophisticated anti-hacking tools on the market …