The U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has issued a cyberattack warning letter to all FDIC-supervised institutions — which includes roughly 5,400 U.S. banks and financial services firms.
The letter outlines heightened cybersecurity risk considerations amid “increased geopolitical tensions” — an apparent reference to turbulent U.S.-Iran relations.
The FDIC letter also features a link to a five-page statement that offers guidance for business resilience, authentication, system configuration, security tool use, data protection, and employee training.
As of the end of 2018, the FDIC provided deposit insurance at 5,406 institutions, Wikipedia says.
The FDIC statement is similar to a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) warning issued Saturday, January 4, 2020. The warnings reflect heightened international tensions after the United States launched a lethal strike in Iraq, killing Iranian IRGC-Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani while Soleimani was in Iraq.
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