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Kaspersky Sees More Financial-Markets Hacking After Bangladesh

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The founder of cyber-security firm Kaspersky Lab expects more attacks on financial targets after hackers recently stole funds from Bangladesh’s central bank and moved the Russian ruble’s exchange rate.

“Criminal innovations that we see in some parts of the world become massive because criminals communicate" and spread techniques around the world, Eugene Kaspersky said in an interview with Bloomberg TV Thursday. “The most professional cyber-criminals are looking for new types of victims -- stock exchanges, for example."