$17 million stolen from Central Bank of Uganda
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“An inside job”
New Vision, the attack Southeast Asia and that some of the stolen money was carried out by a hacker group based in to japan stated that it was sent. The newspaper, which did not disclose its sources, reported that the Central Bank had not yet received the stolen money. You can get more than half of it back also reported.
While the Central Bank did not make a definitive statement regarding the incident, it said in an e-mail sent to Reuters, “We are waiting for the police report on the matter.” Uganda police have not yet made an official statement about the incident.
Daily Monitor, one of Uganda’s independent newspapers, claimed that some employees of the bank may have cooperated with the hacker group. Reminding that such cyber thefts have occurred in Uganda before, the newspaper emphasized that some banks are reluctant to announce these incidents to the public for fear of losing their customers.
After the incident gained national repercussion, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni ordered a comprehensive investigation into the matter. Experts state that such attacks point to weaknesses in the digital security infrastructures of financial institutions and that this infrastructure should be strengthened.
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