'BB official's computer was hacked to carry out heist'
Online Desk
19 May 2016 05:53 AM
According to Bangladesh's Ambassador to the Philippines, John Gomes, the $81 million heist was carried out by hacking the computer of a Bangladesh's central bank official. Pictured: Gomes talks to reporters after attending a Senate hearing of money launde
The computer of a Bangladesh central bank official was hacked to carry out one of the largest cyber heists in history, a Bangladesh diplomat said on Thursday, reports Reuters.
John Gomes, Bangladesh Ambassador to the Philippines, told a Philippine panel investigating how the stolen $81 million from Bangladesh central bank ended up in Manila, the hackers were neither Filipino or Bangladeshi.
There is also no evidence directly linking anyone in Bangladesh to the cyber heist, Gomes said.
