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The Lazarus Heist: North Korean Hackers Nearly Got Away With a Billion Dollars

The “Lazarus Heist” may sound like the plot of a Hollywood movie, but in 2016, a group of real-life hackers from North Korea calling themselves the “Lazarus Group” planned and executed a nearly perfect US$1 billion raid on Bangladesh’s national bank. The hackers would’ve gotten away with it if it hadn’t been for one little ...

Max Lu

A hacker wearing a gray hoodie sits at a computer with his back to the camera, busy at work.