Credit Mutuel Arkea reports cyberattack and fraudulent transactions

Crime · First reported 4 Nov, 11:17 · Updated 12:22

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Credit Mutuel Arkea said a cyberattack enabled fraudulent transactions, but client money and assets were not affected. The bank said it contained the incident and was assessing the amount involved.

Credit Mutuel Arkea said the cyberattack enabled fraudulent transactions; it did not provide details about those transactions.
The bank said clients’ money and assets were not affected, the incident had been contained, and operations were resuming.
The bank said the amount involved was still being assessed and that it had notified relevant authorities after detecting the attack.

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Key facts

Incident: The bank said the attack enabled fraudulent transactions.
Client impact: The bank said clients’ money and assets were not affected.
Status: The incident was contained and operations were resuming, according to the bank.
Amount: The amount involved was still being assessed.
Bank size: CNA reports 5.8 million clients and €211.5 billion in assets.