Banks in Europe are taking precautions against a possible cyber attack coordinated by the Government of Vladimir Putin, including in US banking institutions.
“The European Central Bank (ECB) has already told banks to conduct cyber warfare training to test their ability to defend against a possible attack”, according to a Daily Mail report.
Adds that Putin’s goal would be to generate financial chaos, in the middle of the threat to invade Ukraine, since if they did, the United States and NATO members threatened with economic sanctions against Russia.
“Experts fear that Putin will attack first and try to disrupt the economic structures of the West”, it is added.
The ECB is directed by former French minister Christine Lagarde.
“(That institution) has already diverted its attention from regular scams to cyberattacks launched from Russia,” revealed a fu sent to the Mail.
The same alert has been sent to the security chiefs of US banks before the fear of the “coordinated attack”.
It is cited, for example, that the New York Department of Financial Services also issued an alert to financial institutions at the end of January warning of cyber attacks.
Recent Attacks on key installations, including the Colonial fuel pipeline in the US in May 2021, were carried out by Russian hackers, although Putin denied any involvement.
However the 10 last May, President Joe Biden considered that the Russian government had “a certain responsibility” to address this problem.
Russia affirms that it has coordinated with the US and other countries to face cyber attacks.
The report comes amid tension over a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine and claims by the Russians to NATO and the US for not take your safety concerns into consideration.