Breaches and incidents
Banco de Brasilia (BRB): attack on judicial-deposit platform BRBJUS diverts BRL 43 million
A cyberattack led to the diversion of R$ 43 million held on the BRBJUS platform, from judicial deposits of the Tribunal de Justica da Bahia (TJBA).
- Disclosed
- Verification
- Reported by a reputable outlet, citing the company
What happened
- A cyberattack led to the diversion of R$ 43 million held on the BRBJUS platform, from judicial deposits of the Tribunal de Justica da Bahia (TJBA); the case became public after a TJBA statement (Correio Braziliense).
- Root cause: per TJBA, access used “credenciais geridas pela propria instituicao bancaria” and the users involved are not administered by TJBA.
- No attacker named.
- BRB said there will be no financial loss to the courts, judicial accounts or beneficiaries, and services are being restored gradually; no recovery of funds was reported.