Bangladesh Central Bank Cyber Heist

The attempt closely resembled the cybertheft last year of more than $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank's account, WSJ reported.

The heist of $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank's account at the New York Federal Reserve last year was "state-sponsored," an FBI officer in the Philippines, who has been involved in the investigations, said on Wednesday.

The recent heists were run from central, remote command centres, enabling criminals to target large numbers of machines in "smash and grab" operations.

U.S. regulators on Tuesday told banks to review the cyber security they have in place to protect against fraudulent money transfers and other threats to a global payments network, months after hackers stole $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank's account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

The unsolved theft of $250,000 at Sonali Bank involved fraudulent transfer requests sent over the Swift international payments network.

After an $81 million cyber heist at the Bangladesh central bank, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said there was no problem with its procedures for approving fund transfers, according to a letter released on Friday by a US lawmaker who had questioned those methods.

SWIFT, the global financial messaging network that banks use to move billions of dollars every day, warned on Thursday of a second malware attack similar to the one that led to February's $81 million cyber heist at the Bangladesh central bank.

Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan on Tuesday said the country has taken enough preventive measures following a recent $951-million cyber heist scandal involving the Bangladesh central bank.

The cyber thieves who stole $81 million from Bangladesh Bank appear to have hid their tracks by manipulating a central bank computer and printer that connect to the SWIFT messaging system to hide evidence of the heist, according to a report filed with local police.

Bangladesh's central bank governor Atiur Rahman resigned on Tuesday following demands of accountability from the government after $81 million was stolen from the bank's U.S. account in one of the largest cyber heists ever.

Bangladesh's central bank governor Atiur Rahman said today he had resigned after $81 million was stolen from the bank's account at the New York Fed in one of the largest cyber heists in history.

The attempt closely resembled the cybertheft last year of more than $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank's account, WSJ reported.

The heist of $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank's account at the New York Federal Reserve last year was "state-sponsored," an FBI officer in the Philippines, who has been involved in the investigations, said on Wednesday.

The recent heists were run from central, remote command centres, enabling criminals to target large numbers of machines in "smash and grab" operations.

U.S. regulators on Tuesday told banks to review the cyber security they have in place to protect against fraudulent money transfers and other threats to a global payments network, months after hackers stole $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank's account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

The unsolved theft of $250,000 at Sonali Bank involved fraudulent transfer requests sent over the Swift international payments network.

After an $81 million cyber heist at the Bangladesh central bank, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said there was no problem with its procedures for approving fund transfers, according to a letter released on Friday by a US lawmaker who had questioned those methods.

SWIFT, the global financial messaging network that banks use to move billions of dollars every day, warned on Thursday of a second malware attack similar to the one that led to February's $81 million cyber heist at the Bangladesh central bank.

Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan on Tuesday said the country has taken enough preventive measures following a recent $951-million cyber heist scandal involving the Bangladesh central bank.

The cyber thieves who stole $81 million from Bangladesh Bank appear to have hid their tracks by manipulating a central bank computer and printer that connect to the SWIFT messaging system to hide evidence of the heist, according to a report filed with local police.

Bangladesh's central bank governor Atiur Rahman resigned on Tuesday following demands of accountability from the government after $81 million was stolen from the bank's U.S. account in one of the largest cyber heists ever.

Bangladesh's central bank governor Atiur Rahman said today he had resigned after $81 million was stolen from the bank's account at the New York Fed in one of the largest cyber heists in history.