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Be careful while you do your NEFT and UPI, warns RBI of cyber attacks; These banks are most vulnerable
RBI has asked banks to increase security due to possible cyber attacks. RBI has warned scheduled commercial banks to be most vigilant about this threat. Apart from this, banks have to be most alert on RTGS NEFT and UPI systems in this attack. At the same time, let us tell you that 69% of cyber attacks on financial institutions have been carried out by scheduled commercial banks.
According to a warning by RBI, several banks are put on high alert in this nation. Banks have been given an alert for continuously monitoring all those systems associated with SWIFT, card networks, RTGS, NEFT, and UPI. This has been informed in the Economic Times report.
The advisory by the Reserve Bank of India to financial institutions states, "Given credible intelligence received regarding possible cyber attacks, regulated entities are advised to upgrade monitoring and resilience capabilities to protect against these threats." In its advisory, banks have been asked to increase the surveillance capacity to identify threats and speed up the rescue measures. The Reserve Bank issued this alert when a recent social media post warned that Indian bank account holders were threatened. The advisory was issued on June 24, and on the same day, a social media post claimed a hacker group called LulzSec would target Indian banks. LulzSec earlier has been behind several high-profile cyber attacks.
According to a report in the RBI's Financial Stability Report, there have been reports of over 20,000 cyber attacks in the financial sector over the last two decades, causing losses of $20 billion.
