Attempted Cyber-Attack on Bank Hapoalim

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/152866

By Gavriel Queenann
Arutz Sheva
2/17/2012

Israel's Bank Hapoalim reported an attempted cyber-attack from Iran on 
their systems on Thursday. Bank officials said the attack was foiled by 
extant security measures and that the hackers failed in their mission.

Meanwhile, Yisrael Hayom reported that The Bank of Israel convened an 
emergency meeting last night with representatives from Israel's banks to 
discuss ways to defend against cyber-attacks.

Security officials traced the Bank Hapoalim attack from servers in Iran, 
but noted the Iranian server farm could have simply served as a proxy 
for hackers elsewhere allowing them to hide their tracks.

An involved source said hackers tried to plant a virus trying to obtain 
user information such as addresses, biographical data, and email 
addresses. After that security officials informed Bank of Israel of the 
attack.

"There was a very big fuss", the source told the newspaper.

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