Offshore hackers stole around 17 million US dollars from the central bank of Uganda, citing state owned New Vision, Reuters reported.
The repost says: “The hackers, identifying themselves as ‘Waste’, reportedly accessed the Bank of Uganda’s IT systems and illicitly transferred 62 billion Ugandan Shillings ($16.8m) earlier this month.”
The hacking group based in Southeast Asia, sent part of the stolen money to Japan, New Vision said, citing unnamed sources at the bank.
The media also said that the central bank had successfully recovered over half of the money from the hackers. In response to the cyber-attack, President Yoweri Museveni has ordered an investigation, it added.
However, the Bank of Uganda didn’t respond immediately to a Reuters request for comment on the matter.
Bd-Pratidin English/ Afsar Munna
