Bangladesh Bank SWIFT heist (BANGLADESH-BANK-2016)
Financial heist · disclosed 2016-02-05 · region: APAC · primary attribution: APT38
Contributing actor(s): Lazarus Group
Sectors touched: Finance & Insurance · Monetary Authorities — Central Bank · Credit Intermediation & Related Activities (Banking)
DPRK-attributed theft of $81M from Bangladesh Bank's Federal Reserve Bank of New York account via fraudulent SWIFT messages. A typo ("fandation" instead of "foundation") stopped a further ~$870M transfer. The recovered funds remain partially frozen with the Philippines authorities a decade later.
Named victims
- Bangladesh Bank