印度网络安全危机:勒索软件导致300家小银行下线

币界网Publicado em 2024-07-31Última atualização em 2024-07-31

币界网报道:

据路透社报道,印度的小型银行遭到勒索软件攻击,迫使近300家此类小型机构下线。此次攻击涉及银行技术的关键提供商C-Edge Technologies。据报道,这一前所未有的事件将这些银行与更广泛的支付网络隔离开来,严重影响了它们处理交易的能力。

对小银行的广泛影响

此次攻击主要影响了为印度许多小型银行提供银行技术的C-Edge Technologies。这些银行现在与印度国家支付公司(NPCI)系统断开连接,无法处理付款。

作为回应,NPCI周三发布了一份公开公告,表示已短暂隔离C-Edge Technologies访问NPCI运营的零售支付系统。这一步骤旨在遏制攻击并防止其蔓延到支付网络的其他部分。

尽管出现了中断,但对印度支付系统的总体影响仍然很小。据监管官员称,受影响的银行仅占该国支付系统交易量的0.5%左右。印度有大约1500家合作银行和地区银行,其中大多数在大城市以外运营。受影响的机构只是其中的一小部分。

持续的安全审计

NPCI正在进行彻底的审计,以确保勒索软件不会进一步传播。这一积极举措旨在维护更广泛的支付系统的完整性。最近几周,印度储备银行(RBI)和印度网络当局已经警告银行网络攻击的风险越来越大。

C-Edge Technologies和印度储备银行对此问题保持沉默,也没有回应置评请求。这种缺乏沟通的情况留下了许多悬而未决的问题,加剧了受影响银行及其客户的紧迫性和担忧。

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