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Symantec finds malware on SWIFT-using customers’ systems

Posted On: Oct. 18, 2016 5:00 AM CST

U.S.-based cyber security firm Symantec Corp. has said that it found a malware, called Odinaff, on the systems of around 20 of its customers that use the SWIFT messaging system, SPAMfighter reports. The malware could delete customer logs on SWIFT, which is used by banks globally to transfer funds. The same method was used to steal $81 million from Bangladesh's central bank earlier in 2016.

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