Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Central Bank of Bangladesh can be compromised insiders, says FBI
US Federal Bureau of Investigation found evidence that at least one employee of the central bank of Bangladesh participated in the theft of $ 81 million from US bank through a complex cut, according to the newspaper.The number of workers may be higher, people familiar with the matter suggesting that some others may also help hackers to negotiate computer system Bangladesh Bank, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.Bangladesh Bank officials could not be reached for comment.The attackers tried to transfer $ 951 million account Bangladesh Bank Federal Reserve Bank of New York in February, but most of the transfers were blocked before they can be completed. About $ 81 million was allocated to the accounts in the Philippines.Bangladeshi officials partially blamed the cut in the financial network SWIFT, a bank official and a police officer investigating the hack telling Reuters that the connection to the SWIFT system, the first gross settlement system in real country time (RTGS) gaps left hackers.Bangladesh Bank is responsible for the security of their own interaction systems with the SWIFT network, from basic techniques of password protection, the global financial network SWIFT said in a statement. He rejected the claims of the bank and the police as "false, inaccurate and misleading."Police officer Mohammad Shah Alam, told Reuters he wants to force an interview with SWIFT technicians to find out whether intentional or negligent of their action.The representatives of Bangladesh Bank, SWIFT and against New York Federal Reserve Bank in Basel on Tuesday, when the FBI suspects in connection with the internal parts, as well as the role of SWIFT integration is likely.
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