According to the source, if the NSA has cracked SWIFTs system, that would be a clear breach of the 2010 US-EU agreement that sets forth various rules the US must follow when obtaining and processing financial data stored in the EU.
The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) is member-owned and exchanges millions of standardized financial messages for more than 10,000 financial institutions in 212 countries each day. SWIFT is based in Belgiumand has an operating center in the Netherlands, where traffic is processed and stored.
The DPAs will be conducting an investigation on whether third parties could have gained unauthorized or unlawful access to European citizens’ bank data.
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