Fwd: Reuters: How a hacker's typo helped stop a billion dollar bank heist

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From: Kenneth Hamer-Hodges <ken@sipantic.net>
Date: March 11, 2016 at 11:59:32 EST
To: Kenneth Hamer-Hodges <ken@sipantic.net>
Subject: Reuters: How a hacker's typo helped stop a billion dollar bank heist

From Reuters News:

How a hacker's typo helped stop a billion dollar bank heist
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0WC0TC

A spelling mistake in an online bank transfer instruction helped prevent a nearly $1 billion heist last month involving the Bangladesh central bank and the New York Federal Reserve, banking officials said.

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