Serious complaints were made today by the Central Bank of Bangladesh (Bangladesh Bank), σύμφωνα με τις οποίες hacker παραβίασαν τον λογαριασμό της στην τράπεζα Federal Reserve των ΗΠΑ και έκλεψαν ένα μεγάλο χρηματικό ποσό.
The complaints were made by its executives Bangladesh Bank saying employees of the bank noticed that they were missing a large portion of their capital at the US Federal Reserve Bank in New York.
At the Federal Reserve Bank branch in New York there are accounts over 250 foreign banks, governments, and large financial institutions because of the bank's high-end security measures.
Bangladeshi central bank officials refused to report the exact amount they were stolen, but so far they have been able to recover some of them after cooperating with local authorities specializing in money laundering.
However, at the opposite of the news, a Federal Reserve spokesman in a statement to Reuters, refused to recognize the incident, saying that their bank did not find any sign of invasion.
Although the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is considered a model of physics and electronics better safetyς τράπεζας, το συγκεκριμένο υποκατάστημα είχε παλαιότερα παραβιαστεί ηλεκτρονικά το 2012, όταν ο Βρετανός hacker Lauri Love είχε καταφέρει με SQL injections και ColdFusion vulnerabilities να αποκτήσει πρόσβαση σε κάποια από τα στοιχεία της τράπεζας. Οι Βρετανικές αρχές συνέλαβαν τελικά τον Love, τον Οκτώβριο του 2013.
