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Billion Dollar Cyberheist

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Cyberheist Spelling Error (CLIP)

World War EJul 04 '17

In total-- the criminals initiated more than $1 billion in fraudulent transfers, but they only made off with $81 million. How come? In part-- because of a spelling error. Hackers requested that $20 million-dollars be sent to a fake NGO in Sri Lanka. But they mis-spelled the word “foundation” --- prompting an eagle eyed Deutsche Bank employee to contact the bank in Bangladesh for clarification. Full episodes are always playing at New York Daily News dot com slash World War E. 

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