How a hacker's typo helped stop a billion dollar bank heist

Thursday, March 10, 2016 - 11:50 in Mathematics & Economics

A spelling mistake in an online bank transfer instruction helped prevent a nearly $1 billion US heist last month involving the Bangladesh central bank and the New York Fed, banking officials said.

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