FRANKFURT/LONDON, Feb 9 (Reuters) – The European Central Bank (ECB) is warning banks of possible cyberattacks from Russia amid growing tensions with Moscow over Ukraine, two sources told Reuters. fact of the file.
The Western powers, and in particular the United States, fear an invasion of Ukraine by Russia after the annexation of Crime in 2014. Moscow assures that it has no hostile intentions but does not exclude unspecified military measures if he does not obtain guarantees on his security, in particular the commitment by NATO never to include Ukraine among its members.
Emmanuel Macron went to Moscow then Kiev to meet with his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts and try to defuse tensions.
The ECB, chaired by Christine Lagarde, is wary of possible computer attacks launched from Russia against banks, the sources said.
While regulators focused on ordinary scams – the number of which rose sharply during the pandemic – the Ukraine crisis shifted their attention to computer attacks launched from Russia, one of the sources said.
Banks are conducting attack simulations to verify their IT protections, the source said.
The ECB refrained from commenting.
In the United States, the New York Department of Financial Services sent a warning in January to financial institutions warning them that cyberattacks could be carried out against them after Washington imposed sanctions on Moscow in the event of an invasion. from Ukraine. (Report John O’Donnell and Huw Jones, with Pete Schroeder, Tom Sims and Stine Jacobsen; French version Camille Raynaud)