Security News > 2020 > January > Travelex Knocked Offline by System-Wide Malware Attack
A "Computer virus" has forced foreign currency exchange giant Travelex to shut down its online services and its app - leaving its retail locations to carry out tasks manually and many customers stranded without travel money.
The latter said that its bureau-de-change services were offline until further notice because of the Travelex incident.
Unfortunately our on-line Travel Money service is currently unavailable due to IT issues at our partner, Travelex.
In any event, the attack shows the power of savvy phishing, one researchers said, who thinks a malicious email was the likely attack vector.
"Details are very limited at this point as to what the cause of the attack was and to which extent Travelex systems have been impacted," he said via email.
News URL
https://threatpost.com/travelex-knocked-offline-malware-attack/151522/
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