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Well the Bangladesh Bank heist managed to transfer close to US$1B over SWIFT. Of course since this is the traditional banking system we’re talking about, most o
by oefrha 5y ago
Well the Bangladesh Bank heist managed to transfer close to US$1B over SWIFT. Of course since this is the traditional banking system we’re talking about, most of the transactions were either quickly blocked or since recovered. According to Wikipedia about $63M remained unrecovered as of 2018.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_Bank_robbery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_Bank_robbery
- roywiggins 5y agoIn that hack, they attempted to transfer out $1B, but only managed about $100m, because the other transfers were blocked. And a portion of that 100m was eventually recovered.
- tommiegannert 5y agoThey tried to steal $1B. They succeeded with $101M. They got away with $63M.