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UGANDA CONFIRMS HACK OF CENTRAL BANK ACCOUNTS

reuters.com2 min read

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The Bank of Uganda announced that offshore hackers stole nearly 17M USD from accounts in the country's central bank. Uganda's largest independent newspaper reported that the hack may have involved collusion from malicious insiders. Conversely, a state-owned newspaper published that over half of the stolen currency had been recovered and downplayed the attack.