The $1 Billion Bank Heist That Almost Worked

In February 2016, hackers used Bangladesh's own central bank systems to ask the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for $951 million. They planned around three calendars on three continents and silenced the one printer that could have raised the alarm. Then two small words stopped them: the name of a street in Manila, and one misspelled word. This is the true story of the Bangladesh Bank heist, the biggest bank robbery ever attempted. 0:00 The Printer on the Tenth Floor 1:17 A Country's Savings in New York 2:22 The Job Applicant Who Didn't Exist 3:44 Three Calendars 5:19 Thursday Night 6:50 The First Word 7:51 The Second Word 8:38 The Holiday 9:32 Baccarat 11:08 Familiar Code 12:37 What They Never Planned For Sources: U.S. Department of Justice (2018 complaint, United States v. Park Jin Hyok), reporting by Reuters, The New York Times, BBC and Bloomberg, and the Bangladesh Bank investigation reports. Visuals in this video are AI-generated illustrations and dramatizations. #TrueCrime #Heist #BangladeshBank #Hacking #Documentary #Mida