Cybersecurity
Printer Error Triggered Bangladesh Race to Halt Cyber Heist
- Police complaint sheds new light on $101 million cyber heist
- SWIFT connection issue delayed response to theft, report says
Cyber Experts Blame Bangladesh for $101M Fed Theft
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A printer error first tipped off Bangladesh’s central bank to one of the biggest cyber heists in recent history, according to a complaint filed to police that provided new details on the attempted theft of nearly $1 billion.
Zubair Bin Huda, a joint director of Bangladesh Bank, found the printer tray empty when he looked on the morning of Feb. 5 for confirmations of SWIFT financial transactions that are normally printed automatically overnight. He then tried and failed to print out the messages manually from the SWIFT system, according to his complaint to police, the first step needed to start an official investigation.