EPISODE · Mar 15, 2019 · 7 MIN
How Hackers Pulled Off a $20 Million Mexican Bank Heist
from Security, Spoken · host WIRED
In January 2018 a group of hackers, now thought to be working for the North Korean state-sponsored group Lazarus, attempted to steal $110 million from the Mexican commercial bank Bancomext. That effort failed. But just a few months later, a smaller yet still elaborate series of attacks allowed hackers to siphon off 300 to 400 million pesos, or roughly $15 to $20 million from Mexican banks. Here's how they did it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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In January 2018 a group of hackers, now thought to be working for the North Korean state-sponsored group Lazarus, attempted to steal $110 million from the Mexican commercial bank Bancomext. That effort failed. But just a few months later, a smaller yet still elaborate series of attacks allowed hackers to siphon off 300 to 400 million pesos, or roughly $15 to $20 million from Mexican banks. Here's how they did it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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