The #Lazarus #heist: How North #Korea almost pulled off a billion-dollar #hack

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-57520169

"The transactions… were held up at the #Fed because the address used in one of the orders included the word 'Jupiter', which is also the name of a sanctioned Iranian shipping vessel," says Carolyn Maloney.

Just the mention of the word "Jupiter" was enough to set alarm bells ringing in the Fed's automated computer systems.

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