http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/security/3524486/bank-of-england-receives-7-or-8-cyber-attacks-week-says-ciso/
By Matthew Finnegan
Computerworld UK
12 June 14
The Bank of England is fending off regular attempts to hack its into
systems each week, with hactivists and nation states the most common
culprits.
“We get on average around eight incidents a week, and we are a central
bank that is pretty small in number - around 4,000 people,” said Don
Randall MBE, chief information security officer at the Bank of England,
speaking at the Institute of Risk Management's Cyber Risk 2014 Summit. “To
date, none of these have caused any major harm - but they [cyber
criminals] are definitely looking at it.”
The weekly attacks include two or three denial of service attempts on
average, some of which go through a service provider, as well as malware
attacks such as spearphishing.
According to Randall, the majority of attacks are believed to be from
hacktivists and nation states, rather than criminals attempting to hack
systems for financial gain, which are more likely to target the UK’s
retail banks.
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