May
01
Hackers’ $81 Million Sneak Attack on World Banking
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Anxieties have arisen since thieves stole $81 million from the central bank of Bangladesh by gaining access to an international bank messaging system called Swift. CreditAmr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters
Tens of millions of dollars siphoned from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. A shadowy set of casinos in the Philippines. A large bank in Bangladesh with creaky technology. An unknown — and perhaps uncatchable — group of anonymous thieves with sophisticated hacking skills.
What unites this curious cast of characters and enabled one of the mostbrazen digital bank heists ever is a ubiquitous and highly trusted international bank messaging system called Swift…
Hackers’ $81 Million Sneak Attack on World Banking
