(MENAFN) Bangladesh pursued the assistance of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the hunt for the hackers that stole USD81 million from its central bank last month, based on recent reports.
The cyber heist, one of the biggest ever, had targeted close to USD1bn in Bangladeshi government funds, another USD20mn was transferred to a bank in Sri Lanka but halted by that country's central bank.
Additionally, the devastating theft has heightened into a main scandal in Bangladesh, with the central bank's governor and several top officials resigning last week amid accusations of negligence.
"This is the biggest transnational organized crime ever seen in Bangladesh and so we sought both technical and human assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation," stated a senior police official.
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