Credit Mutuel Arkea Loses 100M Euros in Cyberattack
French lender Credit Mutuel Arkea reported that hackers stole roughly 100 million euros in a rare cyber heist. Prosecutors have opened an investigation into the attack, though customer assets remain unaffected.
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France lender Credit Mutuel Arkea lost €100 million ($112.61 million) in a cyber heist, marking an unusual virtual theft from a mainstream bank. The attack follows recent high-profile security breaches, including a $6.3 billion cryptocurrency theft from Binance. Financial institutions face escalating risks as cybercriminals deploy increasingly sophisticated application-layer exploits.
