EquiLend securities-lending platform offline after attack
The fintech firm that runs a key securities-lending platform took systems offline after unauthorised access, disrupting services for banks for days; LockBit later claimed it.
- Service
- EquiLend
- Date
- 22 January 2024
- Cause
- Cyberattack
- Duration
- Not stated or multi-day
- Status
- resolved
- Severity
- major
- Region
- Global
- Source
- BleepingComputer ↗
Cite this
Nuffield Consulting, “EquiLend securities-lending platform offline after attack”, The Daily Tech Wire outage & breach log, 22 Jan 2024. https://techwire.nuffieldconsulting.com/incidents/2024-01-22-equilend-outage/ (retrieved 15 Nov 2026).
This entry summarises public reporting. Please also cite the original source: BleepingComputer, https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/global-fintech-firm-equilend-offline-after-recent-cyberattack/.
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