Bangladesh Bank cyber-heist hackers used custom malware to steal $81 million

Hackers behind the Bangladesh bank heist created malware to compromise the SWIFT financial system. The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) is a cooperative owned by 3,000 financial institutions. SWIFT software is supposed to securely send and receive information about financial transactions. The software update will be released today to thwart the malware but the malware has no impact on SWIFTs network or core messaging services, a SWIFT spokeswoman said.”]

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