Chile asks the IMF for help after the banking piracy

SANTIAGO.- The Chilean Government requests the technical assistance of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to modernize the cybersecurity protocols, after its registration last May most Big cyber attack of a Chilean bank .

"This assistance aims to determine any gaps in the legal framework, regulation, supervision and practices conducted by the financial system institutions," said Thursday the Ministry of Finance in a statement . .

This department incorporates a working group with other financial sector institutions to deal with the $ 10 million robbery of Banco de Chile, the second largest financial institution in the country May 24th A lot of the resources ended up in the accounts in Hong Kong.

The working group advances in a project of to share information and advance on specific measures in the field of operational continuity in case of cyber attack.

During the cyberattack, Banco de Chile disconnected some 9,000 workstations in its branches in an attempt to stop the spread of a virus, which would have served as a distraction to steal money.

The attack, perpetrated by a group of hackers, adds to other cases of financial institutions in the region and the world.

According to a forensic analysis of Microsoft, it was a sophisticated international attack, gangs from around the world, probably from Eastern Europe or from anywhere in the world. Asia, said a few weeks ago the Bank of Chile, an entity controlled by the local Luksic family. American Citigroup.