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'Involvement of BB Officials in Cyber Heist' / Farashuddin wants further probe

The government should carry out further investigation to find out whether the suspected Bangladesh Bank officials were really involved in the $101 million cyber heist, says Mohammed Farashuddin, head of the three-member body that probed the theft.

2nd bank faced malware attack

Investigators probing the cyber heist of $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank yesterday connected it to the hack at Sony Corp's

N Korean, Pakistani hackers involved

Forensic investigators examining the theft of $81 million from Bangladesh Bank's account with the New York Fed have

Recovering Stolen BB Fund / NY Fed, BB, SWIFT to work jointly

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Bangladesh Bank and SWIFT have vowed to work together to recover the $81 million that Bangladesh lost in a reserve heist three months ago.

Bangladesh Bank Fund Heist / Interpol team in Dhaka to help CID

The six visiting Interpol officials teaming up with the Criminal Investigation Department yesterday started forensic analysis of

Responses from NY banks were sluggish

The Bangladesh Bank was denied prompt responses from the intermediary banks and due diligence from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, which would have raised the stakes of recovering a major chunk of the $81 million stolen by hackers.

RTGS Connection / BB's Achilles' heel

Cyber thieves might have found it easier to break into the Bangladesh Bank system after its local area network (LAN) was connected with its SWIFT operation, according to central bankers and investigators.

Not so SWIFT

Two engineers of SWIFT have come to Bangladesh to review its servers with the central bank -- 38 days after a band of hackers breached the payment system in an attempt to steal about $1 billion.

20m pesos loaded into RCBC manager's car

Twenty million pesos believed to be part of the $81million funds stolen from Bangladesh Bank was allegedly loaded onto the vehicle of the branch manager of Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation, a witness told a Senate hearing in the Philippines yesterday.

June 9, 2016
June 9, 2016

Farashuddin wants further probe

The government should carry out further investigation to find out whether the suspected Bangladesh Bank officials were really involved in the $101 million cyber heist, says Mohammed Farashuddin, head of the three-member body that probed the theft.

May 14, 2016
May 14, 2016

2nd bank faced malware attack

Investigators probing the cyber heist of $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank yesterday connected it to the hack at Sony Corp's

May 12, 2016
May 12, 2016

N Korean, Pakistani hackers involved

Forensic investigators examining the theft of $81 million from Bangladesh Bank's account with the New York Fed have

May 11, 2016
May 11, 2016

NY Fed, BB, SWIFT to work jointly

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Bangladesh Bank and SWIFT have vowed to work together to recover the $81 million that Bangladesh lost in a reserve heist three months ago.

May 5, 2016
May 5, 2016

Interpol team in Dhaka to help CID

The six visiting Interpol officials teaming up with the Criminal Investigation Department yesterday started forensic analysis of

March 23, 2016
March 23, 2016

Responses from NY banks were sluggish

The Bangladesh Bank was denied prompt responses from the intermediary banks and due diligence from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, which would have raised the stakes of recovering a major chunk of the $81 million stolen by hackers.

March 22, 2016
March 22, 2016

BB's Achilles' heel

Cyber thieves might have found it easier to break into the Bangladesh Bank system after its local area network (LAN) was connected with its SWIFT operation, according to central bankers and investigators.

March 20, 2016
March 20, 2016

Not so SWIFT

Two engineers of SWIFT have come to Bangladesh to review its servers with the central bank -- 38 days after a band of hackers breached the payment system in an attempt to steal about $1 billion.

March 18, 2016
March 18, 2016

20m pesos loaded into RCBC manager's car

Twenty million pesos believed to be part of the $81million funds stolen from Bangladesh Bank was allegedly loaded onto the vehicle of the branch manager of Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation, a witness told a Senate hearing in the Philippines yesterday.

March 17, 2016
March 17, 2016

Confusion, panic order of the day

Confusion and panic was the order of the day at the Bangladesh Bank yesterday, a day after its governor Atiur Rahman stepped down and two deputy governors were removed hastily amid strong criticism over the central bank's handling of the $101 million cyber theft.

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