CME Group Inc, the world's largest futures exchange operator, said Friday that its clearing service for energy and other swaps was "the victim of a cyber intrusion" in July, sparking a federal criminal investigation. Some customer information on CME's ClearPort clearing service was compromised, it said, but there is no evidence that trades on CME's electronic system were adversely impacted or that CME's other clearing services were disrupted. ClearPort handles nearly half a million contracts a day. Cyber-attacks on financial exchanges are on the rise globally, with around half of the world's securities exchanges targeted last year, according to a study published earlier this year by the International Organization of Securities Commissions' research department and the World Federation of Exchanges Office said. CME said it had changed customer credentials impacted by the incident and is communicating directly with customers affected. A spokesman declined to provide further details. Traders
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