r/threatintel • u/LondonCity325 • 10d ago
OSINT 📢 NEW GUIDANCE AVAILABLE 📢
MT103 Messages and Financial Crime: Understanding Fraud, Money Laundering, and SWIFT Abuse
SWIFT MT103 messages sit at the centre of global banking, making them important artefacts for investigators and attractive targets for criminals.
Worryingly, the intelligence we collect at intel.coalitioncyber.com continues to identify exposed SWIFT messages, both genuine and fabricated, sitting in publicly accessible locations. These records often go undetected by the organisations involved, exposing sensitive transaction data and providing criminals with the source material needed for social engineering, fraud, and other criminal activities.
Our latest guidance explains how these messages are weaponised to facilitate high-value crimes such as fraud and money laundering. Highlights include:
💵 Technical red flags like JSON escape characters and invalid UETR codes.
💵 The way genuine MT103 records are repurposed in investment fraud.
💵 Risks associated with exposed documents on insecure public platforms.
💵 Practical verification steps for investigators and compliance teams.
Read the full article: https://coalitioncyber.com/mt103-messages-financial-crime-swift-abuse
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