Compromiseseverity: Critical2016-02-04
Bangladesh Bank SWIFT heist
published by BAE Systems Threat Research
Actor
DPRK state-sponsored umbrella set associated with the Reconnaissance General Bureau. Mixes financially-motivated operations (including major cryptocurrency exchange thefts and SWIFT-network bank intr…
Summary
Attackers issued fraudulent SWIFT messages from Bangladesh Bank's account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, attempting transfers of nearly $1B and successfully moving $81M to accounts in the Philippines. Multiple analyses — including the BAE Systems / SWIFT joint report — link the tradecraft and tooling to Lazarus.
Tags
financialswiftbangladesh-bank
Primary source
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