Security News > 2021 > June > Russian hackers had months-long access to Denmark's central bank

Russian state hackers compromised Denmark's central bank and planted malware that gave them access to the network for more than half a year without being detected.

The compromise came to light after technology publication Version2 obtained official documents from the Danish central bank through a freedom of information request.

Despite the hackers' long-term access, the bank said that it found no evidence of compromise beyond the first stage of the attack, as it happened with thousands of organizations that installed the trojanized version of SolarWinds Orion.

In an email statement for Version2, the bank admitted that it was affected by the SolarWinds supply-chain attack and that it took action immediately after learning of the compromise.

"Action was taken quickly and consistently in a satisfactory manner, and according to the analyzes performed, there were no signs that the attack has had any real consequences" - Denmark Central Bank.

In April, the U.S. government provided clear attribution for the SolarWinds espionage campaign, naming the Russian SVR as the author of the attack, through its group of hackers known in the infosec industry as Cozy Bear.

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