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Bank of Zambia cyber incident interrupts public monitoring application

A suspected cyber incident on 9 May 2022 disrupted the Bank of Zambia website and its Bureau de Change Monitoring System, temporarily limiting public-facing information access and a regulatory monitoring service. The central bank said those applications were restored and that its core banking systems continued operating normally.

65

Estimated severity

65 / 100

89

Source reliability

89 / 100

Approximate Date

2022-05-09

Targeted Company

BANK OF ZAMBIA

Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact

  1. Distribution & Fulfillment

  2. Procurement & Sourcing

  3. Production & Manufacturing

  4. Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)

  5. Warehousing

  6. Service Delivery

  7. Unrecognized Impact

Supply Chain Relations

No information

Geographic Impact

Country Targeted Company

Zambia

ZMB

Other Affected Countries

No other affected countries reported

Target country

Zambia

Affected countries

Zambia

Impacted regions

No information

Operational Impact

Duration

No information

Financial impact (USD M)

No information

Impact types

Service degradationService unavailability

Affected sectors

Finance & Insurance

Affected departments

Information Technology

Attack Profile

Attack types

Unauthorized access

Attributed threat actors

HIVE

Sources

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