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MoneyGram admits ‘cybersecurity issue’ behind several-day outage

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Jesse Coghlan15 hours agoMoneyGram admits ‘cybersecurity issue’ behind several-day outageMoneyGram’s services have been offline since Sept. 20, with the firm confirming three days later that the outage was due to a cybersecurity incident.2486 Total views7 Total sharesListen to article 0:00NewsOwn this piece of crypto historyCollect this article as NFTCOINTELEGRAPH IN YOUR SOCIAL FEEDFollow ourSubscribe onFinancial services firm MoneyGram admitted that its multiday outage is due to a “cybersecurity issue,” and it is working to restore its services with some success.


“MoneyGram recently identified a cybersecurity issue affecting certain of our systems,” the company said in a Sept. 23 Xpost.


It came days after some users reported that its services were down on Sept. 20, and hundreds more have reported MoneyGram’s outage in the past 24 hours,according to service status information aggregator DownDetector.


MoneyGram added that when it detected the issue, it “immediately launched an investigation and took protective steps to address it, including proactively taking systems offline which impacted network connectivity.” 


The Dallas, Texas-headquartered firm said it was working with law enforcement and “leading external cybersecurity experts” to mitigate the issue.Source:MoneyGram


In a Sept. 24 X post, the firm said, “We continue to make progress in successfully restoring some of our key transactional systems,” adding that it was working “around the clock.”


Once its systems are back online, current pending user transactions will be available, MoneyGram said.


MoneyGram did not disclose the specifics of the cybersecurity issue, how it happened, which of its systems in particular are affected, or if sensitive data may have been accessed.


It also has not given a timeline for when it expects its services to be fully operational.


MoneyGram did not immediately respond to a request for comment.


Related:Bitcoin ransomware Akira drains $42M from more than 250 companies: FBI


The incident comes amid a rise in crypto-relatedransomware attacks this year, with blockchain security firm Chainalysis reporting that 2024has already seen a nearly 96% year-on-year rise from 2023’s $37.8 million in ransom payments.


This year’s stats were boosted by a single $75 million crypto payment to the ransomware group Dark Angels — the largest ever recorded. 


MoneyGram is one of the world’s largestmoney transmitters and claims it processes over $200 billion a year for 50 million people. It is broadly used by immigrants in the United States to send money back to their families.


MoneyGram has edged its way into crypto, launchingfiat exchange services early this year. On Sept. 18, itpartnered with CEX.io to give the crypto exchange’s users access to fiat-to-stablecoin services at MoneyGram kiosks.


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