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SWIFT-related bank heists

Date (as written)
May 2016
Year
2016
Country
Bangladesh Central Bank, Tien Phong Bank, Banco Del Austro, Poland
Actors (as written)
Lazarus Group; In September 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice; announced; criminal charges alleging that North Korean entities were responsible for this incident.
Actor pages
Lazarus GroupIn September 2018the U.S. Department of Justiceannounced
Tags (as written)
Financial Theft; Government

Source entries (1)

CFR Cyber Operations Tracker

SWIFT-related bank heists · May 2016
A threat actor targets the worldwide financial transfer mechanism known as SWIFT to steal funds from banks in Bangladesh, Vietnam, Ecuador, and Poland. This is the first instance in where a state-sponsored actor was discovered to have compromised networks for financial gain.
https://www.cfr.org/cyber-operations/swift-related-bank-heists
https://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/swift-attackers-malware-linked-more-financial-attacks
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/27/business/dealbook/north-korea-linked-to-digital-thefts-from-global-banks.html?_r=0
https://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/attackers-target-dozens-global-banks-new-malware
https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1092091/download

Values found later for empty fields

dollar figures: $81m
such as the theft of $81m from the central bank of Bangladesh in 2016
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-40297493

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