Bangladesh Central Bank

Bangladesh Bank, New York Feds meet on heist postponed

A meeting between Bangladesh central bank officials and the New York Federal Reserve scheduled for this week to speed up efforts to recover $81 million stolen from Bangladesh Bank's account at the Fed has been postponed, officials in Dhaka said.

Bangladesh Central Bank ends FireEye’s investigation contract into cyber heist

Bangladesh's central bank has ended a contract with U.S.A's FireEye to investigate online theft of $81 million, refusing a proposal to extend the agreement

FireEye contract unlikely to be extended by Bangladesh for heist probe

Bangladesh's central bank is unlikely to extend the contract of U.S. cyber security firm FireEye to investigate the electronic theft of $81 million of its money, sources at the bank said on Wednesday, citing high costs as one of the factors.

Bangladesh Bank heist similar to Sony hack; second bank hit by malware

Investigators probing the cyber heist of $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank connected it on Friday to the hack at Sony Corp's film studio in 2014, while global financial network SWIFT disclosed a previously unreported attack on a commercial bank.

ECB to set up cyber-attack warning system for banks

The European Central Bank will set up a database to register incidents of cybercrime at commercial banks, aiming to create an early warning and analysis system for big lenders, it told a German newspaper on Thursday.

Bangladesh Bank hackers 'possibly Chinese,' says Philippines senator

Chinese hackers were possibly behind one of the world's biggest cyber heists, the theft of $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank, a senator in the Philippines said on Tuesday, while a Manila bank manager involved in the case said she was a pawn of senior bankers and unnamed tycoons.

Bangladesh $81mn heist's ripple effect in Philippines: Bank secrecy laws called into question

When it comes to global anti-money laundering efforts, Philippines has focused mainly on vanquishing terrorist financing.

Bangladesh central bank governor Atiur Rahman steps down after hackers steal $81 million

Hackers stole $81 mn from an account that Bangladesh held with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and transferred the cash to accounts in the Philippines.