But here too, their attempts were interrupted by Kaspersky Lab’s security software detections, as well as the quick incident response, forensic analysis, and reverse engineering with support from company’s top researchers. Lazarus Heist: The intercontinental ATM theft that netted 14m in two hours 1 April Getty Images By Jean Lee, Geoff White and Viv Jones BBC World Service Imagine you're a low-wage worker in India. After being interrupted by Kaspersky Lab products and the following investigation, they were set back for another few months, and later decided to change their operation by moving to Europe. They had been preparing for a new operation to steal money from other banks and, by the time they were ready, they already had their foot in a financial institution in South East Asia. This is considered to be one of the largest, most successful cyber heists ever.įurther investigation conducted by researchers from different IT security companies including Kaspersky Lab revealed a high chance that the attacks were conducted by Lazarus – a notorious cyber espionage and sabotage group responsible for a series of regular and devastating attacks, and known for attacking manufacturing companies, media and financial institutions in at least 18 countries around the world since 2009.Īlthough several months of silence followed the Bangladesh attack, the Lazarus group was still active. ![]() In February 2016, a group of hackers (unidentified at that time) attempted to steal $851 million USD, and managed to transfer 81 million USD from the Central Bank of Bangladesh.
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