Bangladesh Bank Cyber heist

BB cyber heist case: CID fails to file probe report for 69th time

A Dhaka court today asked the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to submit the probe report in Bangladesh Bank cyber heist case by April 4.

Bangladesh Bank cyber heist: CID gets 69th date to submit probe report

A Dhaka court today again asked Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to submit the probe report in Bangladesh Bank cyber heist case by February 14, 2023.

Bangladesh Bank cyber heist: CID gets 67th date to submit probe report

A Dhaka court has again asked Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to submit probe report by November 16 this year in Bangladesh Bank cyber heist case.

Bangladesh Bank cyber heist: CID fails to file probe report for 65th time

A Dhaka court today again asked Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to submit probe report by October 2, 2022 in Bangladesh Bank cyber heist case.

The billion-dollar hit job

The way unknown hackers hatched plans to steal money from the Bangladesh Bank’s reserves with the New York Fed using the most sophisticated banking and payment channels as well their near-perfect preparation and timing will render many detective stories and Hollywood movies average.

Bangladesh Bank Reserve Heist: Int’l payment system now slower, costlier

It has been four years since a band of hackers broke into this Bangladesh Bank’s account with the New York Fed with the intent to pull off what would have been the biggest cyber heist in history.

Cyber Heist: RCBC files defamation case against Bangladesh Bank

Philippine’s Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation says it filed a defamation suit against the central bank of Bangladesh for “baseless allegation” in connection with the $81-million cyber heist three years ago.

BB heist: RCBC hires US law firm to defend lawsuit

The Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) hires top US law firm Quinn Emanuel to defend the lawsuit filed by Bangladesh Bank with a New York court over the cyber heist of its reserves in which $81 million was stolen nearly three years ago.

BB set to sue Rizal Bank in US court

Bangladesh Bank Governor Fazle Kabir said the central bank was expected to file a lawsuit yesterday night with a US court against Philippines' Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) to recover the full amount stolen in the February, 2016 heist.

January 11, 2019
January 11, 2019

BB Heist: First conviction, after 3 years

A court in the Philippines yesterday convicted a former branch manager at Manila-based Rizal Commercial Banking Corp (RCBC) of money laundering, in the first conviction over the Bangladesh Bank reserves heist in which $81 million was stolen nearly three years ago.

December 6, 2018
December 6, 2018

$101M BB Heist: Dhaka to claim damages from Fed by Jan 15

Bangladesh will sue the Federal Reserve Bank of New York over the money stolen during the 2016 cyber heist -- one of the biggest cyber crimes in the world -- Finance Minister AMA Muhith said yesterday.

February 8, 2018
February 8, 2018

BB to sue Rizal bank over heist

Bangladesh Bank has decided to sue the Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation of the Philippines for its role in the cyber heist of $81

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