{"id":164,"date":"2014-07-25T20:37:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-25T20:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.holytransaction.com\/european-central-bank-hacked\/"},"modified":"2014-07-25T20:37:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-25T20:37:00","slug":"european-central-bank-hacked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/european-central-bank-hacked.html","title":{"rendered":"European Central Bank hacked, personal data stolen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n <\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n(<a href=\"http:\/\/rt.com\/news\/175432-ecb-cyber-attack-data\/\">RT<\/a>) Hackers have stolen personal information from the European Central Bank (ECB) in what seems to be a blackmail scheme. The stolen data includes email addresses and contact information taken from the organization&#8217;s database.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cThere had been a breach of the security protecting a database serving its public website,\u201d ECB said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecb.europa.eu\/press\/pr\/date\/2014\/html\/pr140724.en.html\">statement<\/a> on Thursday. \u201cThis led to the theft of email addresses and other contact data left by people registering for events at the ECB.\u201d&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nAround 20,000 email addresses were stolen, according to media reports.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe hacked database serves the public website and gathers registrations for conferences and other visits. It is \u201cphysically separate from any internal ECB systems.\u201d&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe bank was not aware of the theft, and only found out about the stolen data after the perpetrator sent an anonymous email, demanding a reward in exchange for the information.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe ECB refused to go along with the scheme and did not reveal how much money was requested.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe majority of the stolen information was encrypted, such as data on downloads from the ECB website. But personal information, such as email addresses, phone numbers, and home addresses were not protected by an encryption.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe bank will contact people whose data might have been stolen. Meanwhile, \u201call passwords have been changed on the system as a precaution\u201d and \u201csecurity experts have addressed the vulnerability.\u201d&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe cyber attack did not compromise internal systems or market sensitive data, according to the statement.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nGerman police have opened an investigation into the matter.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Open your free digital wallet <a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/app#!\/signup\">here<\/a> to store your cryptocurrencies in a safe place.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(RT) Hackers have stolen personal information from the European Central Bank (ECB) in what seems to be a blackmail scheme. 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