Hackers Issue Threats to 15 Banks, NRB tells not to Worry   

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Hackers Issue Threats to 15 Banks, NRB tells not to Worry   

July 23: Fifteen banks including Nepal Rastra Bank have received emails from unidentified persons warning the banks of hacking their banking system.    
Spokesperson and the deputy spokesperson of the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) and high officials of different banks reportedly received the warning email on Wednesday evening.

Chief of the Bank and Financial Institutions Regulation Department and Spokesperson of the Nepal Rastra Bank, Dev Kumar Dhakal confirmed that the group claiming itself as 'the group of hackers' sent message of hacking the banking system of 15 commercial banks including NRB.  

Spokesperson Dhakal told the state-owned national news agency (RSS) that they received the email on Wednesday evening (July 21) warning that the systems would be hacked and money withdrawn by the next morning. However, he assured that the systems have not been hacked and further investigations are underway.

"I had received such type of message in Viber and Messenger. We checked banking system of NRB and other banks. Our system has not been hacked and it is safe. So there is no situation to be worried," RSS quoted Dhakal as saying.    
Dhakal said it is still unknown who sent such type of messages.    
According to RSS, the hackers in the message warned of withdrawing money from Nepal Rastra Bank, Kumari Bank, Nepal Bank Limited, Nabil Bank, Rastriya Banijya Bank, Machhapuchchhre Bank, NMB Bank, NIC Asia Bank, Bank of Kathmandu, Citizens Bank International, Sanima Bank, Nepal SBI Bank, Everest Bank, Nepal Investment Bank and Himalayan Bank.    
The hackers also warned not to take their message lightly.    

 

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