Central Bank of Bangladesh: Our money is stolen by hackers of the US Federal Reserve System

Central Bank of Bangladesh (photo: Reuters / Ashikur Rahman)

Yesterday, the Central Bank of Bangladesh announced that the attackers had hacked into the network of the US Federal Reserve and stole part of the money from the accounts of Bangladesh. It is about hacking the electronic system of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, which is part of the US Federal Reserve, Reuters writes . Representatives of the Central Bank of Bangladesh claim that part of the funds were transferred to the Philippines. This money is already tracked and returned to the bank.

Representatives of the Federal Reserve Bank deny information about hacking their system. At the same time, the bank does not say anything about whether money was transferred from Bangladesh’s accounts, and if so, in what amount. Gold reserves (total reserves, not only the country's contribution to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York) Bangladesh is about $ 28 billion.

"At the moment, evidence that someone has penetrated the Fed system is not, also there is no evidence that the system was compromised," - said the representative of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. She refused to answer the question whether the bank is investigating the claims of her client.
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As for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, more than the 250 largest foreign banks, foreign governments and other organizations have accounts here. It is practically the center of the global financial system. All transactions are confirmed by the SWIFT system.

Previously, the Fed has already cracked. For example, in 2014, a British citizen was accused of hacking, who allegedly entered the system and stole user data, which was then published in the public domain.

Now attackers are attacking the banking systems more and more actively. It happens like in the Russian Federation. For example, in February, the first deputy chairman of the Central Bank of Russia, Sergei Shvetsov, reported that the culprits of the strong volatility of the ruble in February 2015 were unknown persons who had attacked the trading system of Energobank (Kazan). In a matter of hours, the dollar exchange rate then changed by several rubles.