Bangladesh Central Bank Heist Noticed Because Of Spelling Error

A spelling mistake during an online bank heist last month helped put a stop to the theft, according to bank officials. The hackers broke into the website for Bangladesh’s central bank, and stole codes that allowed them to request financial transfers from the Bangladesh bank account at the Federal Reserve of New York.

More than $80 billion was stolen in four transfers, but the fifth transfer to Sri Lanka’s Shalika Foundation was held up because the world foundation was spelled “fandation,” and that caught the attention of Deutsche Bank, which was involved in the transfer. Here & Now‘s Meghna Chakrabarti speaks with Mike Regan of Bloomberg Gadfly about what happened.

Guest

• Mike Regan, columnist for Bloomberg Gadfly. He tweets @Reganonymous.

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