North Korean hackers looted Bangladesh Central Bank for $1B before crypto—and got caught by a regex-level OFAC slip
davidmanheim · x · 2026-11-02
Responding to warnings that AI swarms will soon attack banks, MalwareTech adds historical context: North Korean hackers targeted banks before moving to crypto, looting Bangladesh Central Bank for $1 billion. The transfer was only caught because the recipient's street name matched a sanctioned Iranian oil tanker—OFAC sanctions screening basically runs on regex, so the wire got frozen for sanctions evasion.
The quoted post warns black-hat hackers are already live-testing AI swarms against banks worldwide: attackers only need one crack, defenders must block every angle.
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