Hacked Swedish Military Servers Used In Attacks On US Banks

Reader wiredmikey writes: Swedish military computers were hacked and used in an attack targeting major U.S. banks in 2013, the armed forces said on Monday. The attack knocked out the web sites of as many as 20 major U.S. banks and financial institutions, sometimes for several days. According to Swedish military spokesman Mikael Abramsson, a server in the Swedish defense system had a vulnerability which was exploited by hackers to carry out the attacks. At the time, the attack, which began in 2012 and continued for months, was one of the biggest ever reported. U.S. officials blamed Iran, suggesting it was in retaliation for political sanctions and several earlier cyberattacks on its own systems.

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[MouseR]

Lets see if adding backdoors will make the world more secure...

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[LifesABeach]

I think the person that paid these two-bit hackers should ask for their money back.

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[Ol Olsoc]

I think the person that paid these two-bit hackers should ask for their money back.

Hey, its 2016. 64 bit Hackers.

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[argStyopa]

Trying to prevent them certainly hasn't had a marked impact on doing so.

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[inode_buddha]

As if it wasn't already borked enough....

bork bork bork

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[xxxJonBoyxxx]

Obligatory:
Ten thousand Swedes ran through the weeds, chased by one Norwegian.

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[F.Ultra]

He really smelled that bad huh?

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[U2xhc2hkb3QgU3Vja3M]

TL;.gig;DR

P.S.: why is your email [e-mail]? Shouldn't it be [e-mail]? .gig!

Ooops. Sorry About That, Iran.

[zenlessyank]

Here are the reactor parts and fuel you asked for.

retaliation

[frovingslosh]

U.S. officials blamed Iran, suggesting it was in retaliation for political sanctions and several earlier cyberattacks on its own systems.

In other words, we know that Iran must be doing this horrible awful thing, because we've been doing it to them and they must be getting upset about that.

Not sure what that has to do with anything though. The attacks coming through Sweden doesn't prove or disprove where they originated, so I don't see the point of the above quote.

Re: retaliation

[John Smith]

The usual enemies. 1. US company hacked? It's North Korea! 2. Different US company hacked? It's Iran! 3. Space Aliens in shiny steel suits with some sort of raygun invade New York? North Korea and Iran must have done it!

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[Ol Olsoc]

A 5 year old can easily follow the logic, but it apparently escapes you...

Oprah Winfrey?

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[tomhath]

Agreed. The statement can be taken either way, but I assume it means Iran is the primary suspect behind the attack.

“no doubt ... that Iran is behind these atta

[fredrated]

Wow, good thing we didn't do the usual: bomb them out of hand.

Don't You Worry Child

[Aaden42]

My brain read the headline as something something Swedish House Mafia attacks US banks. I guess maybe that's not too far off in this case.

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[U2xhc2hkb3QgU3Vja3M]

You better go right now, before they have time to assemble their army with an allen key!

Re: Great...

[NCG_Mike]

Or they carry boats overland to attack Paris again. I heard they might...

No, it was the Swedish military

[Anonymous Coward]

Whenever hacking attacks on US business or government computers from systems in China occur, everyone knows it was the Chinese government behind it all. Whenever hacking attacks on US business or government computers from systems in Russia occur, everyone knows it was either Putin, or the Russian mob directed by Putin himself. Whenever hacking attacks on US business or government computers from systems in Iran occur, everyone knows that it was the Iranian government behind it all. Whenever hacking attacks o

Brute Force password attacks in Sweden

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