US federal prosecutors speculate the involvement of North Korea in the cyber heist of $81 million from Bangladesh’s account at the New York Federal Reserve Bank.
The news was reported by The Wall Street Journal, prosecutors suspect the involvement of Chinese middlemen who helped the Government of Pyongyang to organize the cyber theft.
In February 2016, unknown hackers transferred the funds from the Bangladesh’s account at the New York Federal Reserve Bank to accounts in the Philippines through the SWIFT system.
