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By Staff Writer

Feb 14 2019 6:55AM

PM front Parliament as operations suspended Wednesday.

Cyber attack shuts Malta's Valletta bank

Bank of Valletta which accounts for almost half of Malta's banking transactions, had to shut down all of its operations on Wednesday after hackers broke into its systems and shifted funds overseas. Prime Minister Joseph Muscat told parliament the cyber attack involved the creation of false ...

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