17 July 2014- by Michael Riley- “Bloomberg Businessweek”
How Russian Hackers Stole the Nasdaq. A review of an incident, still not wholly resolved within the public domain, wherein hackers of possible Russian origin gained access to the operating code for the NASDAQ. They may have also been in a position to gain preferential access to confidential financial information. One motive mentioned is the possibility of newly stood-up Russian stock exchanges needing access to NASDAQ’s operating code for their own use.