The Lazarus Heist

Really enjoying listening to the BBC Podcast series “The Lazarus Heist” whilst exercising.

In 2016 North Korean hackers planned a $1bn raid on Bangladesh's national bank and came within an inch of success - it was only by a fluke that all but $81m of the transfers were halted, report Geoff White and Jean H Lee. But how did one of the world's poorest and most isolated countries train a team of elite cyber-criminals?

Here’s the three-minute audio trailer: Introducing the Lazarus Heist

There’s also this BBC News article: The Lazarus heist: How North Korea almost pulled off a billion-dollar hack

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