Hackers steal 2 billion rubles at Russia's central bank

[think]

Source: CNN

The Bank of Russia confirmed the heist to CNNMoney on Friday.

Hackers tried to steal 5 billion rubles, but the central banking authority managed to stop them and redirect the funds, according to central bank security executive Artiom Sychev.

"We were lucky to return some of money," said a central bank spokesperson.

Hackers also targeted the private banks and stole cash from their clients, the central bank reported.

The central bank did not say when the heist occurred or how hackers moved the funds. But so far, the attack bears some similarity to a recent string of heists that has targeted the worldwide financial system.

Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2016/12/02/technology/russia-central-bank-hack/index.html

[longship]

1. Russian hackers!

They'll eat their own.

Interesting news.

[global1]

2. I'm Hoping It's U.S. Goverment Hackers Retaliating For...

all the Russian hacking that was being done to us by them.

[JonLP24]

5. More likely criminal hackers

There is a lot of this sort of bank robbery from organized crime hackers.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/world/bank-hackers-steal-millions-via-malware.html

[ffr]

3. Ties to Trump identified.

How ironic it would be though. Payback perhaps?

[C Moon]

4. It's getting interesting, that's for sure.

Or, maybe it's getting scary.

[angrychair]

6. Not as much as it sounds

About $30 million US

[Major Nikon]

10. I was thinking $27.50 tops

So more than it sounded to me.

[angrychair]

12. Lol

I guess my point was that "2 billion rupees" sounds like a lot because of the "billion" but it's buying power is not very strong.

[canetoad]

7. What is the truth

Heading says, "..steals 2 bilion rubles.."
Next para- "tried to steal...", stopped by banking authority.
"Return some of the money..." so, was it stolen or not?

If this story was straight from Moscow, I'd be tolerant of translation anomalies, but CNN, ffs?

[greatbaldeagle]

8. 2 billion were stolen

The OP left out the first sentence of the CNN story.

"Hackers have stolen 2 billion rubles -- equivalent to $31 million -- from accounts that banks keep at Russia's central bank."

[HAB911]

9. I hop it was the US Army........n/t

[RAFisher]

11. Good to see the NSA doing something actually useful instead of spying on Americans /s