Mauritius bank SBM says unit's India operations hit by cyber fraud

Reuters 

(Reuters) - group Holdings said on Wednesday that its Indian operations suffered a cyber earlier in the week, and that the has potentially lost up to $14 million.

said that no loss had been caused to customers and that the Indian business operations would continue as normal.

"The Group remains well capitalised and has sufficient liquidity to continue to finance its future plans," the company said.

SBM said that an internal inquiry had been initiated, with the Indian operations carrying out a full cybersecurity review. Recovery efforts are being pursued and SBM expects to recover a significant portion of the stolen sum.

(Reporting by and in Bengaluru; Editing by Euan Rocha)

(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

First Published: Wed, October 03 2018. 18:19 IST