Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by vishnugupta 1575 days ago
> And anyone who hacks SWIFT will be able to fake fund transfer instruction?

Yes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_Bank_robbery

2 comments

There is a Darknet Diaries episode about this heist, which is very recommendable as most of this podcast's episodes: https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/72/
Yes, although Bangladesh' central bank was notoriously lax in their operation of their SWIFT handling. This was well known and a big reason why some of our clients would not use Bangladeshi recipient banks due to a lack of trust in the central bank.