Largest futures exchange operator acknowledges hack after five months
Financial Services
CME Group suffered a breach on the company’s ClearPort system, a software platform where over-the-counter trading of commodities and currencies is reported. About 450,000 contracts pass through ClearPort per day.
The intrusion happened in July, according to the company, which said that no customer information was compromised and the hack did not affect trading or any other CME Group clearing systems.
Federal criminal investigators are investigating the “cyber intrusion” incident, according to CME.
CME Group owns the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the Chicago Board of Trade, and the New York Mercantile Exchange, among other futures exchanges.
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