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  • How a $1 Billion Bank Heist Was Thwarted by a Typo

    03/10/2016 2:23:32 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 4 replies
    KFOR ^ | MARCH 10, 2016
    South Korean Economy Boosted As Won Jumps To New High Hackers helped themselves to $81 million after breaching Bangladesh Bank’s systems between Feb. 4 and Feb. 5—but the massive theft could have been far worse if not for a typo. After successfully transferring $81 million from the bank’s account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to entities in the Philippines, the hackers tried to transfer another $20 million to a Sri Lankan nonprofit, only they wrote “fandation” rather than “foundation” as part of its name, an official tells Reuters. While the Fed grew suspicious, routing bank Deutsche Bank...