Fox Business
Expand
Browse All Video
Watch Live

You're watching...

McAfee: Russian Hackers to Attack U.S Financial Institutions

Details

  • Description

    FBN's Adam Shapiro on the potential cyber attack on U.S. banks.

  • Duration 1:41
  • Date

Clips

Also in this playlist...

Latest Video

Auto-advance: ON

Auto-advance
View All

Transcript

This transcript is automatically generated

A new round of cyber attacks aimed at stealing millions of dollars from US banks and might need your money at risk and Shapiro's in the newsroom following this story out.

And Melissa they are targeting these are Russian hackers who are targeting -- roughly thirty financial institutions the United States according to McAfee.

McAfee labs rather this is a credible threat they expected to be launch sometime in the spring they've already been doing this since about 2007 testing earlier variance.

This trojans spyware which steals your password it allows them to get in -- accounts they claim to have already.

Transfer roughly five million dollars I spoke to -- lighten.

Who you're going to have on your show at 5 PM he's founder president Cedric -- associate strategic risk consultancy they specialize in -- intelligence issues this guy.

26 years would -- -- US air force military intelligence is on the NSA he says the best thing you can do to protect yourself.

-- check your account every day he's calling on the banks to increase their security measures as you log into an account one of the ways that the hackers are getting your information.

Is they send -- to a false page and then you put in the Baghdad and they steal it.

One other thing that is going on in regards all of this they're targeting high net worth individuals.

So normal people do you still -- -- recounts every day high net worth individuals call your bank.

Adam Shapiro thanks so much great report and as -- mentioned tonight on -- cyber terrorism expert colonel Cedric -- he's gonna join me.

To talk in depth about this new string of cyber terror attacks.

And this time as we mentioned they are stealing -- money never before they just tried to down the sites while -- they decided to step up their game.

And take your cash so watch will tell you how to protect yourself that.

Load More