Cybercrime Investigations

The Billion Dollar Bank Heist 1 - Casing The Joint

Cybercrime Investigations

Show Notes

The inside story of how a group of hackers broke into Bangladesh Bank in 2016 and attempted to spirit away almost a billion dollars. Investigative journalist Geoff White travelled to the Philippines to trace the money-laundering chain, and in this podcast he and co-host Glen Goodman explore the links connecting the hack to the secretive regime of North Korea.

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