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What’s common between the PNB fraud and Bangladesh bank heist in 2016?

Former PNB banker Gokulnath Shetty took advantage of the same SWIFT integration flaw that led to the Bangladesh bank heist to siphon money to Nirav Modi and Co.

3 min read21 Feb 2018
Industry

Bangladesh to sue Manila bank over $81 million cyber heist in 2016

Bangladesh's central bank will file a lawsuit against a Philippines bank for its role in one of the world's biggest cyber-heists in February 2016, a deputy governor said today

1 min read7 Feb 2018
News

How millions from the Bangladesh Bank heist disappeared

A series of fumbles by banks and regulators across the world let hackers get away with most of the $100 million they had siphoned off

2 min read22 Jul 2016
Industry

Global bank messaging system SWIFT calls in help to bolster cyber defences

SWIFT has hired two outside cyber security firms, BAE Systems and Fox-IT2, to reinforce its in-house expertise

1 min read11 Jul 2016
Opinion

Digital risks

Digitization of the global economy points to new and inevitable risks, like the massive $81 million theft from Bangladesh Bank in February

1 min read28 Jun 2016
News

Bangladesh Bank remains compromised months after heist: forensics report

Investigators have determined that one team of hackers, dubbed Group Zero in the report, was responsible for the heist and remained inside the network

3 min read13 May 2016
News

Asian govts, central banks to work together to prevent repeat of cyber heist

The daring cyber heist put the spotlight on security systems of central banks across the world, requiring further fortification to fend off hackers

2 min read15 Apr 2016
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1 min read3 Mar 2011

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