FBI urges banks to share data, tactics to fight cyberattacks

May 19, 2013

The FBI has reportedly briefed bank executives on a wave of cyberattacks that have lashed the industry since last summer as part of a new policy designed to foster cooperation between the state and private sectors. According to comments made at a Reuters event by FBI executive assistant director Richard McFeely, the Bureau had carried out a large videoconference with dozens of bank heads across the U.S. in April to urge them to share data on the attacks they are experiencing. In the past the organization had conducted its investigations without keeping victim firms—in this case banks—informed, he admitted. "That's 180 degrees from where we are now," Reuters reported him as saying of the FBI's change of approach. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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