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Cybersecurity lapses at trading giants exposed

A quarter of banks and brokers never encrypt message service data and most do not share intelligence, leaked industry poll shows

Cybersecurity lapses at trading giants exposed

Banks and brokers are putting themselves at risk of costly cyberattacks by neglecting basic security when trading, a leaked industry poll shows.

When using the world's main securities messaging system, used to communicate billions of dollars' worth of trades a day, only 6% encrypt all the messages they send and 25% encrypt none, according to the poll by the FIX Trading Community.

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