Shadow Brokers have released files that suggest SWIFT traffic may have been monitored, networks of two firms in the Middle East and Latin America apparently hacked.

SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) ,publicising the security issues in a press release published on its website:

SWIFT has no indication to suggest that our network or core messaging services have been compromised.

The allegations, which date back to 2013, suggest that two service bureaux may have been targeted to gain the attackers unauthorised access to their bank customers' data.



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Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) provides a network that enables financial institutions worldwide to send and receive information about financial transactions.









