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smallnix • today at 8:13 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

Reminds me of the time NK tried to steal 1bn from the new NY Federal Reserve Bank: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_Bank_robbery -- they only managed to steal 80mm due to human intervention from a single employee of pan asia bank


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omcnoe • today at 10:35 AM

Suspicions were raised due to the misspelling of the word “Foundation” in the transfer.

Lost out on $900m off a single spelling mistake - probably the most expensive spelling mistake in history.

jimmySixDOF • today at 9:04 AM

They were stealing from the Bangladesh Central Bank by gaining access the the Swift system terminal and that 80million is still getting chased down in the Philippines