March 19, 2017

29 Lakh Debit Cards Subjected To ATM Malware Attack

As per a data presented by Minister of State for Finance, Santosh Kumar Gangwar in the Parliament on March 17, 2017, in 2016 a total of 29 lakh debit cards were subjected to malware attack through ATMs that were connected with the switch of Hitachi.
A report stated that 2.9 million cards that were used at ATMs connected to switch of Hitachi were subjected to malware attack in 2016 but the data of only 3,291 cards faced unauthorized use.
RBI also informed that Hitachi Payment Services (HPS) appointed SISA Infosec for PCI forensic investigation.
RBI has set up a Cyber Security and IT Examination Cell within its Department of Banking Supervision in 2015.

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