The Hunt For The Most Elusive Bank Hackers

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In 2014, a Ukrainian bank reported a bizarre incident: millions of dollars were disappearing from its accounts. Carbanak, a financial hacking gang, was linked to the case; however, without a clear lead, the investigations went cold. That changed in 2016, when the gang attempted its boldest operation yet, accidentally exposing a three-year-old campaign that had drained the accounts of hundreds of banks across 30 countries. How did Carbanak remain invisible for so long, and more importantly, what exactly led investigators to finally track them down?



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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

1:51 Baseline

5:41 Carbanak

14:46 Trigger

18:11 Execution

22:11 Taiwan’s aftermath

25:01 Carbanak’s aftermath

28:43 The End?



Credits:

Producer: Ignas Žadeikis

Writer: Clara Martinez Naranjo

Video Editing & Animation: Justinas Čėsna

Narration: Ben Mitchell

Supervising Producer: Aušra Venckutė

Sound Design: Nikolaj Polujanov



Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1beDVEaakUacRQZnp5r8LNljteerEer3qsB0R319tys0/edit?tab=t.0



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