Cyber Heists

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$2.47 million in cryptocurrency stolen from Turkish firm by hackers communicating through PUBG

AMB Crypto 15 Feb 2019

Cryptocurrency networks are often exposed to the threat of thefts that loom over the network’s security ... A Turkish firm failed this test after a group of cyber criminals pulled off an online heist on a domestic cryptocurrency company ... A reported $2.47 million was stolen in the hack ... A Redditor, bitcoin_master, commented. ... .......

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Hackers dump sensitive info from 617 million accounts: Dubsmash, 15 other sites exposed

International Business Times 13 Feb 2019

These are tough times to live in as we want to be digitally omnipresent at the same time avoid being hacked. While several incidents of cyber-heists are reported every other day, a new one has exposed millions of accounts from popular websites people have popularly used in their life ... Websites hacked. Number of accounts affected. Dubsmash. 162 million ... ....

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Cyber attacks serious threat to US

Dispatch Argus 10 Feb 2019

Cyber attacks might pose an even greater threat ... Moscow is now staging cyber attack assets to allow it to disrupt or damage U.S ... It is improving its cyber attack capabilities and altering information online.” ... a successful cyber heist of an estimated $81 million from the New York Federal Reserve account of Bangladesh’s central bank.”....

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Bangladesh files suit to recover money hackers stole

Asiatimes 09 Feb 2019

It became known as one of the world’s biggest cyber-heists in banking history, and last Friday the central bank of Bangladesh filed a federal lawsuit in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, accusing a Filipino bank, its top brass and others of ......

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Bangladesh Bank files lawsuit, New York Federal Reserve and SWIFT offer help

Moneycontrol 06 Feb 2019

NY Federal Reserve is providing technical assistance in the lawsuit, while SWIFT will help the bank rebuild its infrastructure after the 2016 cyber heist ... The Bangladesh Bank has filed a lawsuit in New York federal court to recover the lost $81 million in one of the biggest cyber heists in history in 2016....

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Cryptocurrency exchange loses access to $145m of user funds

A Bit of News 04 Feb 2019

Canada’s largest cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX has lost $145 million worth of cryptocurrency after its CEO died, taking the private key to a company cold wallet with him ... A cold wallet is one that stores cryptocurrency but is not connected to the internet and is therefore safe from any cyber heists ... Source link ....

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SWIFT help for Bangladesh bank that lost US$81 million in world’s biggest cyber heist

South China Morning Post 03 Feb 2019

International payments network SWIFT said it had signed an agreement with Bangladesh’s central bank to help it rebuild its infrastructure after hackers used it to steal US$81 million in 2016 in the world’s biggest cyber heist....

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SWIFT says helping Bangladesh Bank rebuild network after cyber heist

Arab News 03 Feb 2019

International payments network SWIFT said on Saturday it had signed an agreement with Bangladesh's central bank to help it rebuild its infrastructure after hackers used it to steal $81 million in 2016 in the world's biggest cyber heist....

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SWIFT says it is assisting Bangladesh Bank after world's biggest cyber heist

The National 03 Feb 2019

International payments network SWIFT said on Saturday it had signed an agreement with Bangladesh's central bank to help it rebuild its infrastructure after hackers used it to steal $81 million (Dh297m) in 2016 in the world's biggest cyber heist ... Japanese cryptocurrency exchange victim of $60 million heist....

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SWIFT says helping bank rebuild network after cyber heist

Deccan Chronicle 03 Feb 2019

International payments network SWIFT said on Saturday it had signed an agreement with Bangladesh’s central bank to help it rebuild its infrastructure after hackers used it to steal USD 81 million in 2016 in the world’s biggest cyber heist ... cyber attacks, it added....

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Fed backs Bangladesh as cyber-heist lawsuit kicks off

Yahoo Daily News 03 Feb 2019

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve will lend a hand to Bangladesh's central bank as it sues to recoup losses from one of the world's largest cyber heists, even while the Philippine bank targeted by the lawsuit on Friday called it baseless and beyond U.S....

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Federal Reserve backs Bangladesh as cyber-heist lawsuit kicks off

DNA India 02 Feb 2019

The Federal Reserve will lend a hand to Bangladesh's central bank as it sues to recoup losses from one of the world's largest cyber heists, even while the Philippine bank targeted by the lawsuit on Friday called it baseless and beyond U.S....

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