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Bank officials say it wasn’t their fault that sensitive systems were exposed to hackers. Continue reading $1B Bangladesh heist: Officials say SWIFT technicians left bank vulnerable
Police in Bangladesh this week alleged that technicians associated with the financial network SWIFT introduced vulnerabilities which made it easier for hackers to infiltrate the systems of Bangladesh Bank.
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The Bangladesh Bank’s internal network security was sorely lacking. Continue reading Billion dollar Bangladesh hack: SWIFT software hacked, no firewalls, $10 switches
Bit by bit, indications about how the attackers who targeted Bangladesh’s central bank managed to take off with some $80 milllion (of the nearly $1 billion they aimed for) via fraudulent transfers are coming to light. First it was established that second-hand, cheap networking equipment that collects next to no network data, and the lack of a firewall between the bank’s SWIFT facility and the rest of the network, helped the attackers pull off the … More → Continue reading Bangladesh Bank hackers compromised SWIFT software with bespoke malware
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Investigators from British defense contractor BAE Systems discovered that hackers who stole $81 million from the Bangladesh Central Bank actually hacked into software from SWIFT financial platform, a key part of the global financial system.
T… Continue reading How Did Hackers Who Stole $81 Million from Bangladesh Bank Go Undetected?
Hackers behind the $81 million heist in February at Bangladesh Bank used stolen credentials to access the financial institution’s SWIFT payment system and a malware toolkit to cover their tracks. Continue reading Bangladesh Bank Hackers Accessed SWIFT System to Steal, Cover Tracks
Nearly 3 dozen fraudulent transfer requests would have added up to $1 billion but for the typo: “fandation” instead of “foundation.”
Continue reading Hacker’s typo trips the alarm on billion-dollar cyber bank heist