Cyberattaque au Crédit mutuel Arkéa : une enquête ouverte après un détournement estimé à près de 100 millions d’euros
Les hackers « ont utilisé le compte propre de Crédit mutuel Arkéa pour réaliser des transactions vers d’autres acteurs bancaires », ils ont ensuite « converti cet argent en cryptomonnaie via des plateformes spécialisées », selon un communiqué de la banque.
Crédit Mutuel Arkéa, a prominent bank and insurance group affiliated with Crédit Mutuel, has fallen victim to a cyberattack resulting in the theft of approximately 118 million euros. These funds were subsequently converted into cryptocurrencies. The incident has been contained, and according to sources from the bank, no financial consequences will be endured by its clients, Franceinfo reported on Wednesday, confirming preliminary information from the newspaper Le Télégramme, as per EFE.
As a precautionary measure, certain operations were suspended, and the bank's application, headquartered in Brittany, France, and managing subsidiaries such as online bank Fortuneo, was offline this morning for its customers. This marks the first instance of a traditional French bank being pirated in this manner, according to Gallic press reports.
The attack took place just over a week after hackers, linked by U.S. authorities to North Korea, successfully stole around $6.34 billion in cryptocurrencies from the popular platform Binance.
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