Investigation into Nasdaq network penetration began
WSJ journalists learned from anonymous sources that US intelligence agencies had begun investigating incidents involving intrusions into the Nasdaq OMX Group's internal network. This company supports the work of several stock exchanges, including the American Nasdaq, as well as the exchanges in Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki, Riga, Vilnius, Tallinn, and others.
Incidents happened last year (exact dates are not called). The trading platform was not compromised, although it remains unclear which parts of the internal network were accessed. According to the WSJ newspaper, investigators are especially frightened by the mystery of hacker motives, since they usually carry out such actions to investigate security holes in the system. The investigation is engaged in the Secret Service and the FBI.
Interest in this case is clear. Although the websites of large companies are often defaced (the same Nasdaq site was hacked in 1999), it is extremely rare for intruders to penetrate the internal infrastructure. At least, very rarely such information leaks out. Companies prefer to hide these cases. But in this case we are talking about national security, apparently, therefore, the Nasdaq OMX Group reported to the state security services.
Tom Kellermann, a former World Bank security specialist and now an employee of Core Security Technologies, says that the most advanced hackers in the world are increasingly interested in financial institutions, especially those involved in trading: “Many experienced hackers do not instantly monetize the situation, they often do what is called the collection of local information, almost with intelligence, to figure out how to take advantage of their presence in the distant future. "
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We add that on May 6, 2010, a strange incident occurred at the Nasdaq Stock Exchange with an unexpected collapse of quotes. It was not possible to reliably establish the causes of the incident, so the events were blamed on a human error, although there was a version of technical sabotage .
Incidents happened last year (exact dates are not called). The trading platform was not compromised, although it remains unclear which parts of the internal network were accessed. According to the WSJ newspaper, investigators are especially frightened by the mystery of hacker motives, since they usually carry out such actions to investigate security holes in the system. The investigation is engaged in the Secret Service and the FBI.
Interest in this case is clear. Although the websites of large companies are often defaced (the same Nasdaq site was hacked in 1999), it is extremely rare for intruders to penetrate the internal infrastructure. At least, very rarely such information leaks out. Companies prefer to hide these cases. But in this case we are talking about national security, apparently, therefore, the Nasdaq OMX Group reported to the state security services.
Tom Kellermann, a former World Bank security specialist and now an employee of Core Security Technologies, says that the most advanced hackers in the world are increasingly interested in financial institutions, especially those involved in trading: “Many experienced hackers do not instantly monetize the situation, they often do what is called the collection of local information, almost with intelligence, to figure out how to take advantage of their presence in the distant future. "
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We add that on May 6, 2010, a strange incident occurred at the Nasdaq Stock Exchange with an unexpected collapse of quotes. It was not possible to reliably establish the causes of the incident, so the events were blamed on a human error, although there was a version of technical sabotage .
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/113209/
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