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ECB Says One of Its Websites Was Hacked, Data Possibly Captured

  • Breach affected BIRD website hosted by external provider
  • Supervisor has often called for banks to do more on IT risks

The European Central Bank said one of its websites was hacked by unauthorized people who may have stolen private information including contact data.

According to an emailed statement, hackers installed malware onto an external server that hosts the Banks’ Integrated Reporting Dictionary, or BIRD, to aid phishing activities. It’s possible that email addresses, names and position titles of 481 subscribers to the BIRD newsletter may have been captured, the ECB said, but that passwords were not.