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UK Regulators Start Investigation Into ION Cyberattack
2023-02-02 12:32:11.970 GMT
By William Shaw and Mark Burton
(Bloomberg) -- UK regulators have started an investigation
following a cyberattack on London-based ION Trading UK that’s
snarled global derivatives trading.
The Financial Conduct Authority is among the regulators
involved in the probe, according to people familiar with the
matter who asked not to be identified because the discussions
are private. The FCA is “aware of this ongoing incident” and
will continue to work with its counterparts and firms affected,
a spokesman said.
The attack affected 42 of ION’s clients and forced several
European and US banks and brokers to process some derivatives
trades manually.
Russian ransomware gang LockBit was behind the
incident, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.
ION told clients on Thursday that its systems won’t be
fully operational until Feb. 5 and the firm still hasn’t been
able to start several crucial recovery steps, according to email
correspondence obtained by Bloomberg.
The impact of the attack has rippled through the futures
trading industry, as transactions back up and firms struggle to
determine their margin requirements to enter or exit positions,
according to multiple people familiar with the matter.
North-European banking group Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken
AB, said late Wednesday it was having issues clearing listed
derivatives on behalf of customers in several marketplaces. The
bank is managing clearing of exchange-traded derivatives “in
alternative ways” and trying to minimize the impact on
customers, spokesman Niklas Magnusson said.
The issue is isolated to a small number of smaller and mid-
size firms and doesn’t pose a systemic risk to the financial
sector, the US Treasury Department said in a statement.
--With assistance from Love Liman, Lydia Beyoud and Katherine
Doherty.
To contact the reporters on this story:
William Shaw in London at
[email protected];
Mark Burton in London at
[email protected]
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