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Bangladesh Bank says ‘reserve heist’ report is fake
It was “absolutely fake” news, Bangladesh Bank spokesman Mezbaul Haque said today.
Could enable fraud like seen at Bangladesh Bank: Cybersecurity expert
Hackers release documents and files that cybersecurity experts indicated the US National Security Agency had accessed the SWIFT interbank messaging system, allowing it to monitor money flows among some Middle Eastern and Latin American banks.
No plans to sue Fed, SWIFT, says Bangladesh Bank
Bangladesh's central bank says it has reversed its plans to sue the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the SWIFT money transfer network, and instead intends to seek their help recovering $81 million stolen by cyber thieves in February.
BB heist: Philippine central bank slaps US$21.2 million fine on RCBC
Philippine banking regulators impose the single biggest monetary penalty on an erring financial institution in the country’s history, slapping Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) with a US$21.2-million ( P1-billion) fine in the wake of the cyber heist at Bangladesh Bank.
Dridex malware linked to BB heist
Investigators links malware used by Russian and eastern European cybergangs to a string of bank heists that culminated in the record-breaking theft of US$81 million from Bangladesh's central bank, people familiar with the probe said.
'Involvement of BB Officials in Cyber Heist' / Farashuddin wants further probe
The government should carry out further investigation to find out whether the suspected Bangladesh Bank officials were really involved in the $101 million cyber heist, says Mohammed Farashuddin, head of the three-member body that probed the theft.
NY Fed first rejected cyber-heist transfers, then moved $81m
Hours before the Federal Reserve Bank of New York approved four fraudulent requests to send $81 million from a Bangladesh Bank account to cyber thieves, the Fed branch blocked those same requests because they lacked information required to transfer money, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.
SWIFT fights to restore faith after BB heist
The chief executive of secure messaging system SWIFT says the theft of $81 million from Bangladesh's central bank, by criminals sending fraudulent payment instructions via SWIFT, would force the organisation to shrink and review its strategy.
$101M Cyber Heist / Govt probe hints at BB officials' links
A government panel probing the $101 million Bangladesh Bank heist blamed the theft on SWIFT again and hinted for the first time at the involvement of central bank officials in its final report submitted yesterday.
$38m still missing from stolen Bangladesh funds, says Philippine agency
Almost half or a total of $38 million of the $81 million funds allegedly stolen from Bangladesh are still missing, an official of the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) tells a Philippine Senate hearing.
BB heist: Dhaka asks SWIFT to give access to technicians
Bangladesh asks SWIFT to help its police question technicians sent by the global financial network to Dhaka to connect a new bank transaction system months before February's $81 million cyber heist, according to a source and an e-mail seen by Reuters today.
Probe body blames SWIFT for Bangladesh Bank heist
Global financial network SWIFT is primarily responsible for the hacking of Bangladesh central bank reserve, says head of the committee probing into one of the biggest cyber-heists in the world. SWIFT was responsible to ensure around 13 security measures for the safety of the system but it did not do so, he adds.
2nd bank faced malware attack
Investigators probing the cyber heist of $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank yesterday connected it to the hack at Sony Corp's
N Korean, Pakistani hackers involved
Forensic investigators examining the theft of $81 million from Bangladesh Bank's account with the New York Fed have
NY Fed, BB, SWIFT to work jointly
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Bangladesh Bank and SWIFT have vowed to work together to recover the $81 million that Bangladesh lost in a reserve heist three months ago.
BB heist: FBI suspects insider involvement
US Federal Bureau of Investigation finds evidence that at least one Bangladesh Bank employee acted as an accomplice of hackers. Investigators suspect it was partly an inside job, WSJ reports
BB heist: Kim Wong hands over another $5.28 million to AMLC
Kim Wong turns over to AMLC the fourth and final tranche of funds amounting to P250 million, part of the $81-million stolen by hackers from Bangladesh Bank reserve.
Interpol team in Dhaka to help CID
The six visiting Interpol officials teaming up with the Criminal Investigation Department yesterday started forensic analysis of
BB's instant steps helped avert large scale heist
Bangladesh Bank's prompt actions averted large scale hacking into its account with the New York Fed, Prime Minister Sheikh