Bank Hack Threat: Hackers Use US Phone Numbers, Cyber Bureau Launches Investigation
The Cyber Bureau of Nepal Police has launched an investigation into the incident of hackers threatening to hack 16 banking systems including Nepal Rastra Bank.
On Thursday, the hackers had called Nepal Rastra Bank spokesperson Dev Kumar Dhakal and co-spokesperson Nairan Prasad Pokhrel with threats to hack the banks and said that an email had also been sent.
“We have written to the Nepal Police Cyber Bureau to investigate the matter further,” Pokhrel said. “Now, the Cyber Bureau is moving ahead with its investigation.”
NRB had started the study after receiving the phone call and message. Preliminary studies have shown that hackers used US numbers to target spokespersons and co-spokesmen. Three such numbers were used to call Pokhrel.
“We also received a call from some number, coding that number and sending it to the cyber bureau with the email address they allegedly sent the email to,” Pakhrel said. “They will take further action.”
He said that despite threats of cyber attack on banks including Nepal Rastra Bank to loot money and steal data within 24 hours, no such risk has been seen so far.
In the screenshot of the email forwarded by the hacker, it is seen that Dhakal, Pokhrel and Anil Shah, Chief Executive Officer of Navil Bank have been emailed. The email was created on July 21, 2021 at 3:28 p.m.
The email, allegedly sent by a hacker, mentions the names of 16 banks. Nepal Rastra Bank, Kumari Bank, Nepal Bank, Nabil Bank, Rastriya Banijya Bank, Machhapuchhre Bank, NMB Bank, NIC Asia Bank, Bank of Kathmandu, Citizens International Bank, Sanima Bank, Nepal SBI, Everest, Nepal Investment and Himalaya Bank are mentioned. Has been done.
The hacker wrote in an email that the above-mentioned banks have to suffer huge losses in 24 hours. Also, the note is not just a rumor, it is not even a joke.
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