Cosmos Bank Online Fraud

The United Nations has said that North Korea carried out the $13.5 million cyber heist of Pune's Cosmos Bank using a network across 28 countries by breaking its internal safety measures last year as the country was starved for foreign funds due to UN sanctions.

Two persons were arrested in connection with the Cosmos Bank cyber fraud case in which hackers allegedly siphoned off over Rs 94 crore through a malware attack on the bank's server in two days, police said Tuesday.

The United Nations has said that North Korea carried out the $13.5 million cyber heist of Pune's Cosmos Bank using a network across 28 countries by breaking its internal safety measures last year as the country was starved for foreign funds due to UN sanctions.

Two persons were arrested in connection with the Cosmos Bank cyber fraud case in which hackers allegedly siphoned off over Rs 94 crore through a malware attack on the bank's server in two days, police said Tuesday.