The European Central Bank (ECB) confirmed on Thursday that its Banks’ Integrated Reporting Dictionary (BIRD) website has been compromised by attackers and taken down until the situation is brought under control.
The compromise may have resulted in the attackers harvesting the email addresses, names and position titles of 481 subscribers to the BIRD newsletter, but not their passwords.
About the breach
The European Central Bank is responsible for the management of the euro and conducts monetary policy of the Eurozone.
The BIRD website, set up to provide the banking industry with details on how to produce statistical and supervisory reports, is hosted by an external provider and is physically separate from any other external and internal ECB systems, the Bank explained.
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