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- An elite group of hackers supported by the North Korean government has been on an audacious cyber-crime spree.
From hacking Hollywood and attempting to steal one billion dollars from Bangladesh Bank to releasing a computer virus that spread across the world, journalists Geoff White and Jean Lee piece together this crazy story.
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Such a great, well researched video from Vice
Ageerd
what's up kim😂
whats up kim😂
-_- “you wanna fry rye? Wan-tan (wontons)??” 🤣🤣
@@Haveyoueverbeenswallowed Lmmfao 🤣
"Sony executives were reduced to using ordinary pen and paper to carry out assignments..." L.O.L. I can imagine they drove home in their Range Rovers with sore wrists, too.
Silly boy, they have drivers. They don’t even need to open the car doors.
I live in Bangladesh, Dhaka
I'll tell you this the foreigner media was more interested in covering this story when it first came out rather than local TV channels.
of course bhai
Yeah because if I was a politician running a country and found out that some hackers stole $81million from a government bank, I wouldn't want the citizens to know about it either. Governments and politicians will try to suppress that information rather than embarass themselves by admitting their incompetence.
Bro literally no one trusts the government here in BD. No point telling as no one would believe it
@@hamzamahmood9565 where do people trust their government ?
Local news is more intrested with religion I guess right ??
Leaving out the best part where they sabotaged the printers that prints every transaction.
The little details
They stole crypto too.
Thats what was most interesting,
I heard these printers were printing themselves silly if they were connected to WiFi.
yeah im kinda disappointed by this video
11 minutes just saved me hours from listening to the podcast.
Darknet diaries?
Podcasts are way too slow. I use TH-cam videos as podcasts. Quick to the point and optional visuals
I listened to the podcast at work and hearing the details is interesting
@@lizmusan7300 agreed
Which podcast?
North Korea: Tries to steal $1B
United States of America: Hold my unlimited money printing machine! 💰💸
Thank you for not letting this obvious omission slide by. :D
@@tkcdac YEP. Printing money is more or less the same thing. You just end up robbing the people via slow inflation LOL It's just smarter and less obvious, but still robbery.
I was deployed in the navy during the Sony attack, it was mentioned in a briefing and followed up with “the movie The Interview is off limits to service members. Don’t see it in theaters, don’t download it…. Simply avoid it.”
Apparently there was fear that theaters in specific Asian countries would be attacked for showing the movie, and movie files for download would be travel vessels for malware. Its wild how much turbulence that movie was able to create.
Well…that would make me NEED to see it if my boss told me not to.
@@ChristianF15cher I get your idea and I usually feel the same, but a commanding officer's power is vastly different from most bosses
@@kyleunderhill9126 again this would only be compounding my interest several more times over.
And it wasn't even that great of a movie, it definitely had a few good moments though.
Meanwhile: American drone strikes and sanctions are killing millions of children and elderly.
The bank heists were exploited through primarily social engineering. While WannaCry depended on an exploit developed by the NSA that was leaked nearly a year prior to the incident. I find it unfortunate that detail wasn't mentioned in this reporting. The NSAs policy of keeping strategic ability to break systems rather than help secure them puts us all at risk.
Generally speaking exploits in old software are cheap because its the developers themselves and security researchers that are finding and publishing these exploits so other developers can learn from it. That also is how sysops make decisions about maintaining comparability with legacy systems or updating because a new exploit exists. The NSA withheld this information from Microsoft.
It also shows North Korea leet hacking abilities isn't so amazing after all. They in fact bought the exploit from another group that got a hold of the leak.
Been saying it for years. Also the fact that mass surveillance is a cyber attack on everyone will eventually lead to a response putting us again at risk.
Although I already knew what you wrote in your comment, the subjects you bring up are more interesting than the clickbait recap of what happened in this video. You're definitely right.
So very true. You don't see the North Koreans burning WebKit One-Click Zero-days. You see the legitimate console/phone jailbreak community finding and burning those.
It's not a zero-day anymore if there is a patch available, it's just an admins responsibility.
Sometimes people treat hackers like a force of nature, something that can't be prevented by precautions. It's not; almost all of the "threats" that you hear about are actually just bad engineering, exploited by the lowest common denominator(1 out of 10000 npm dependencies is now malware? Great, good luck catching that. Didn't update WordPress in time? Yeah, it's not yours anymore).
Also people often misunderstand "cyber-attribution", the linking of an actor to a malware or attack: The problem is that there are usually no hard facts to be found - Everything that *could* be found on a computer could be left there intentionally or placed there or be constructed entirely. So basically people are guessing, which is okay as long as you're not basing your foreign policy on that. Guess what's happening everywhere.
If you think that's far fetched, the existence of NSA tools for this were leaked as part of the Vault 7 Leaks(UMBRAGE). These things are not technically complex, expect them to be commonplace.
Also regarding the TLAs notorious exploit horting, that's so stupid. TLAs make themselves targets, while endangering everybody that uses a computer. You'd think that a government that doesn't want to be hacked would invest in closing security-related bugs. NOPE. They actively pay money to keep these bugs open, and prevent them from being discovered.
Has there actually been an example of this leading to something good? Guess we'll never know, secret court, secret evidence. Has this been used to trace and molest dissidents and journalists? Yes.
All that "cyber" talk in the news is very misleading sometimes. People have got to be careful, and question the motives at play.
If a large company like Equifax leaks 150 mio. records because they didn't patch their systems and then blames the big bad Chinese hackers, then that really has nothing to do with hacking. That is careless neglect.
I've been a better admin since I'm 16yo (always patch your stuff!), and I'm sure I could have fired up metasploit to exploit old unpatched software when I was 14.
I can't imagine that Equifax couldn't have prevented this with their million-dollar leadership. They just didn't want to fix their issues, and blaming the Chinese was easier than admitting a fault(and probably cheaper too).
And if I hear about one more f'ing Exchange-server hack by the big bad China/Russia/APT/whatevercyberbullsh1t I'm going to loose it. 1999 called, they want their shi11y proprietary slow-AF non-compliant insecure mail-server for Windows 2000 back. If you run MS Exchange in 2022 you deserve what you get. And if that means that whatever region doesn't have water or electricity because your emails are finally encrypted(in a bad way) that has little to do with APT's. Let's hope nobody has to go to war over this political fear-mongering related to software that is just garbage...
And yes, for that opinion I expect to be on some kind of list. Hello TLA TA! I hope you're having a nice day, and maybe a giggle ;)
@@Jontheinternet Well no. The NSA didn't get reprimands nor policy changes over this. Nor did any of the reporting really dive into how the exploit behind WannaCry (Eternal Blue) was a direct result of NSAs policies.
I agree
nice try North Korea....
Sony needs to turn this into a movie. 💰
Lol and they will got hacked for the second time
That's what got them into trouble in the first place
Didn’t Dr. Evil already do this?
I remember watching this years ago. North Korea is quite crafty. Though $80 million is only a drop in the bucket for weapon systems.
You are beautiful 💯
This wasn't about the $80M, it was about the attempted $1Billion.
@@413-massmelopitboss5 wow I guess you say that to every pretty woman on the internet.
@@JohnDoe-tx8lq 1billion is still childs play
@@JohnDoe-tx8lq what im trying to say is wake up, nk didnt think it could walk away with a billion - literally had to wash the money in casinos, how much time do you think it would take to wash a billion dollars, without ofcourse getting you arrested… exactly- also a billion dollars is still childs play when nuclear weapons are involved
Thanks a lot to all of you for making this video.
I wish I had computer skills like this
Thing is each hack gets traced, it’s only a matter of time. Groups like these have state protection so they go full retard
Just use gasoline, it's more efficient.
They missed NYC on their digimap
I predict a round of assassination next
You can
I like how they had a circle in Quebec when the text said New York. Goes to show the effort they put into this XD
I had to double check cause I'm from Quebec XD
@Orbite Flow nous, on aime tout le monde ici.
@Orbite Flow i prefer frog legs than fish and chip
They also show Deutsche Bank when they refer to Deutsche Bahn, the German national railway company.
That lady chuckling and smiling about NK not having electricity was unsettling
Thanks a lot to all of you for making this video.From Bangladesh.
Great video Vice
Its insane to think that all of this happened primarily because of seth rogen and james franco 🤣🤣.
Trueee lol 😂
Nobody mentions that most companies have underpaid IT workers and actually never upgrade. They are working on IE and Windows XP.
Who is really responsible for the attack if not the greedy owners?
Don't know but one thing for sure you could blame the NSA for the great loss of critical data as most of the world's computing system are designed by NSA to self-destruct if it's attack than trying to secure it
Unfortunately it's probably the Bangladeshi people who are going to be the worst affected by this. And even I know that if you want to keep files private you keep them on a computer that you don't connect to the internet.
To be honest, we are pretty fine; Bangladesh Bank Got Near 50 billion Dollars In Reserve. 81 million dollars is nothing our ministers are kinda corrupt, even they worth more than 10-100 million dollars. 3-4 politicians are also billionaires, though it's controversial due to lack of transparency.
@@aestheticvibezz142 nice way to say we are fucked anyway
@@aestheticvibezz142 Are saying that the people of Bangladesh are used to the heist by your corrupt Politician and Oligarch,
That 81 million dollars heist is nothing compared to the amount of money lost due to corruption annually?
@@aestheticvibezz142 shala sagol 81 million dollar ki tor baper taka je emon bhabe koili "81 million dollar is nothing"
shala abalchuda. tor baap koy taka marse jar karone onno manusher taka re mullo des na?
@@tradetheticks919 মাদার ইংরেজি বুজস না. কইতাসি আমাগো নেতা মন্ত্রী রাই তো বছরে হাজার হাজার কোটি টাকা বিদেশে পাচার করে সেই খানে 81 মিলিয়ন ডলার তো তাগো কাছে মুড়ির মোয়া। আমার কথা কইসি নাকি এইখানে আবাল । বাপ মা তুইলা গালি দেয়ার আগে ভালো মতো পইড়া নে.
Damn, made me want to rewatch Mr. Robot.
Yeah, it's justified and Elliot did the right thing to end greed of banks creating too much debts to people.
Why was she laughing when she mentioned most people lacking even electricity?
Typical American who looks down on others
The animation at 4:30 goes from Bangladesh to what says New York but is actually showing some place in Canada lol
I was about to watch the interview….. got the end spoiled…!!
I also once tried to steal a billion dollars… but the bank teller was not having it
They made Kim Jong, seem like a real life Bond villain.
This is just a diversion from the real heist, claiming they invented the burrito!
The bank in the Philippines was RCBC bank.. the bank manager was also apprehended in the senate hearing. Who withdrew the money, where was the lead of money trail. Even representatives from Bangladesh were in the Senate trying get their money back.
"Old fashioned pen and paper"
The hell? When did pen and paper become old fashioned?
Is anyone really surprised. That's how they survive all this time.
Can't the US put sanctions that they can't use satelites from other countries to get internet or something?
When you santion a country to core , what you expect?
When you santion a country to core , what you expect?
@@houseplant1016 There is money to be made. They're bffs with Russia and China. And China and Russia have contracts and deals with western countries. Corruption and greed is what drives them and what will end us. It's all business and we're just their pawns to play with.
I don't blame them, what else are they going to do? Provided the amount of sanctions they receive, the trade embargo, and worst of all, the constant looming threat of the U.S. (which unleashed the sanctions and embargo in the first place), they have nowhere else to get money from.
I like how you out a big circle around New York, but it actually points in the middle of Québec
Excellent
Where did the Hermit Kingdom find the cultural and banking expertise to plan that exercise?
In some ways, the computer portion of the heist was the simplest part.
They have a friend
@@nikhilpandey2618 who knows a friend
Maybe the Cia? The division of Korea is a second world War deal! Cia?
I think they had a degree program for this in their university. They're so good on this.
Are you kidding? North Koreas hacking unit is on point. Kim Jong Un himself is a computer science major.
Sometimes looking at actions of Kim it's feeling like more and more that he is Florida man leading a country 😂
We had Donnie boy, he was literal Florida man.
I dunno, hacking seems logical from a country that is isolated and cut off
No different then what the American government does..How you steal it makes a difference.whatever
Brilliant well done!
2016 called & said this story is already broadcasted! And its still hard to believe who actually was behind this incident.
Darknet Diaries covered this over a year ago (episode 72 Bangladesh Bank Heist) and has lots of other excellent stories like this one.
Appreciate it bro
where i can watch this darknet diaries?
So did Kento Bento on TH-cam.
It's my favourite podcast, it sucks after you listen to one and have to wait a fortnight or so for the next episode
@@MickDavies I'm not looking forward to that. I started at Ep. 1 and am up to Ep. 100. Need to slow down before I run into the brick wall. But, they're sooooo good!
I am from bangaldesh.
we are sad because it was hard earned of our workers living in foreign country.
Yes, it shows how diabolical North Korea is. They targeted Bangladesh.
You should be sad that the government was not that interested in reporting the news about the heist than the foreign media as Hasina's govt was too embarrassed to admit that they are too incompetent to the point that they failed to safeguard USD 81 mil of taxpayers money
What about refund scams?
@@sujesh4684 Are we at all surprised that a country bombarded with sanctions resorts to unethical means to secure funds? It is not at all diabolical, but a means to secure deprived resources.
It’s more likely it was a CIA/MOS operation. North Korea doesn’t have the personnel nor the sophistication, and from a budgetary standpoint lacks several key operational facets necessary for what was described in the video.
Wow I knew that information 4 months ago or even a year, off schedule as always but still made a video gj
Vice as always👌🏼👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
4:33 that isn't New York, that's Newfoundland. Nice try though vice.
The fact that we get free documentaries on TH-cam by VICE News is truly a gift 👍
I agree.
Meh. Kento Bento’s video on this topic was better.
Kento Bento made a video about the Bangladesh heist a few years ago. Nice to see VICE make a related video now.
I was looking for this.
Very interesting… great work VICE !
Why is New York in French Canada? 4:32
Before watching this I watched “why western media loves crazy North Korean stories”
Funny you bring that up because Jean Lee, the journalist in this video, has made her entire career centred around outlandish North Korean stories. She also works for the Wilson Center, a US-funded think-tank.
Not saying there’s no merit to what she’s saying at all, but it makes you question what she claims North Korean intentions are
Yes, I enjoyed that. I commented about it on sensationalist North Korea defector Yeonmi Park's channel. After a few folk followed up with more comments, she deleted them all. Hah. She's the epitome of crazy North Korean stories for clickbait
what is the annoying clocking sound around @2:20 ?
This M'fer is a real life Austin Powers villain. 😂🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣😂
The lady provided too much performance...like she is talking to kindergarden
Once you said that I noticed it more lol foreal
I love how news media is creating a commotion on hacking. thanks for boosting my career as an ethical hacker lol
This Was A Good Video To Watch👌
more vice gold!
A very good eye opener. Cat stuck in cage can turn to a tiger..similarly the isolated NKs are becoming tigers but in a very bad way to entire world...can't we have peace in this world.?!
Nhi..
These two are great! They did a full length podcast series for the BBC called the Lazarus heist. It's really good!
Iv always loved "VICE" Man its the best ever ❤ ♥
2:24 “employees were reduced to using old fashioned pen and paper” says the news anchor holding a pen
Fantastic breakdown, illustration, and reporting! VICE…. You’re a God send. Thank you for educating the world and granting open platforms for your investigative journalists. We applaud you!
lol .
No i didn't sent them
There was actually way more details left out so your getting a crumb of a pie instead of the whole pie
who trains these hackers or are they funded somewhere else? I don't imagine a lot of people know how to hack in north korea lol.
As backwards as you may think North Korea is, they do in fact put heavy emphasis on education. Many citizens study abroad as well in China. I have no doubt that they don’t have a shortage of sharp minds
It’s more likely it was a CIA/MOS operation. North Korea doesn’t have the personnel nor the sophistication, and from a budgetary standpoint lacks several key operational facets necessary for what was described in the video.
NK trains youth to hack. They grow up and can become a computer expert. They also send their employees to other countries to learn more.
Look it up. I watched a video on TH-cam about NK.
They literally train children to kill, don't they? There's a video on here that explains how children are picked to become experts in whatever field they want them to go into (obviously from observation no one really knows the inner workings of this system).
so what account they use?
At 4:32 New York is now in the province of Quebec 🇨🇦
We know who is doing it, we know where they’re doing it, we know that they will do it again and yet, nothing will get done to stop them.
Cos they've nuclear weapons
@@agubuzuchisom8609 Cuz, Hackers can't be .....
That’s insane
Some one needs to deal with this
As Bengali, I'm shocked I haven't heard of this incident until now.
In the Philippines it was big news as those same casinos were laundering for politicians and organized crimes. The casino's not knowing is just BS they are just so used to it that they did not bother to know if it was North Korea, a Filipino politician or triad/yakuza/Nigerian organize crime. I did not even know until this video that they regulated it, cause Filipino politicians were so against regulating the casinos. Cause according to them "people would just go to Macau or other places if the Philippines change the law.
ei jonno paper porte hoy
@@shimantorahman8324 😂😂
@@hank561🤷♂️
@@shimantorahman8324 naa aapni jbhaabe eta bollen oita dekhe ektu haashi pelo
Jean Lee laughing at people in North Korea for not having electricity…nice
NK hackers will hack her data now.
4:33 thats not New York 🤣🤣🤣
4:32 I don't recall New York being in Canada
You have to give them props they just don’t care and I’m sure having China on there side doesn’t hurt either
How did they win all the money back at the Philippines casinos? Did they cheat somehow, or what? If they didn't cheat, how could they just win the money back like that?
They didn't win all times so total amount is less than 81 million.
Go in, buy $100,000 in chips. Play a few games. Take $89,000 to cage and get paid. You tend to loose a little money washing it at casinos.
@@Lord_Internet Only a little money? I thought you loose a hell of a lot more than that. I mean, the house always wins, right?
Some else notice that they showed Quebec not New York lol Still a really great video 👍🏻
That’s like stealing a dollar to them
no it’s not you’re exaggerating
damn, didn't even see this in the Philippine news. they're so focused on the elections and what the candidates are doing
it was a few years ago and yes it was all over the news. New York Times even did a piece on it that appeared on youtube.
To be fair foreign media are much more interested in covering the heist than majority of TV channels in Bangladesh. That is why not many Bangladeshi know about it since probably the government is too embarrassed to admit their incompetence that they failed to safeguard USD 81 mil of taxpayers money
@@Dizinii Ohh maybe I was still too young to watch news, thanks for this
I don’t get it. What’s stopping us from doing this back at them? They possibly couldn’t have the technology to defend against modern cyber attacks… we could cripple their entire country with a few key strokes but would rather sit back and let them do it to us.
Their country doesn't run on technology, and they have no money to steal. Shutting down computers there wouldn't be nearly as disruptive.
@@ItMakesYouWonder0 I’m pretty sure their missile launch network isn’t being powered by hamster wheels
@@greengabe5 they aren't connected to a grid,are you silly?
@@abd5414 oh so the state sponsored TV and their entire military complex is powered by hopes and dreams? Get out of here lmao
@@greengabe5 Close. They are powered by unicorn tears and leprechaun wishes.
WOW!
wow!
What's going on over there in North Korea every time.
You guys make really clear and good videos I think! I've been watching your videos for a long time and I think the quality is getting better and better! Keep it up! I also make videos and I can definitely learn from your quality.
This is blatant propaganda.
@@_Wakaz_ what?
🔝🔝🔝🔝📩📩 I have something special for you, you can contact me anytime.....
And they would’ve gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for you meddling kids and your dog!
🔝🔝🔝🔝📩📩 I have something special for you, you can contact me anytime.....
How can they have hackers when they dont even have computers or food there : D
I keep getting text messages saying theres videos of me online. To follow the link to have them removed. Lol.
People should be more diligent about who they take money from (if not the casinos, then the other participants of the economy).
I can totally see Netflix's Money Heist and this story in their next season and allow a new Character named Pyongyang to play the Asian dude.
Actually 'Professor' is Pyongyang
check that... typo...BBC Podcast about N. Korea bank hacking is called "The Lazarus Heist"
So you made 2 videos about the same theme . One 5 years ago and one now. :D
I m no N Korean. I am from Australia but I say Well Done.
This was such a well done hacking operation. Damn!
It’s more likely it was a CIA/MOS operation. North Korea doesn’t have the personnel nor the sophistication, and from a budgetary standpoint lacks several key operational facets necessary for what was described in the video.
Nah they got caught remember the paper trail
I’m from North Korea 🇰🇵 I love my king Kim
Next video:
How China steals trillions of dollars
I didn't know new york was in Canada but on your maps it sure as heck is...
4:33 that's definitely new york
Please cover the Colleyville synagogue hostage crisis.
The thing I don't understand about "The interview" and North Korea trying to get it stopped ..... North Koreans cant watch movies like this anyway, so what was the issue then ?
you are publicly disrespecting a literal God in their eyes.
I love how New York was highlighted over quebec
Kento Bento made a great video of this heist (3 yrs prior) that is worth watching in addition
They are extremely aggressive once they get rolling. Kinda scary since they’ve been shooting missilles. Is this how they continue to build up their nuclear capabilities?
North korea is literally free to do what it wants without real boundaries and consequences.
"Mind-blowing" some things should remain the same. Everything shouldn't be digitalized. Up close,& personal can then be explained,& pinpointed.
Where does the Vice graphic artist think New York is actually located?
why did your map ping new york in quebec?
Honestly, if I’m Kim, I would chill on those “I will end the world” threats, and just enjoy the wealth. According to multiple documentaries that I have seen, Kim has around $5 billions stashed, and that figure was over 5 years ago, I’m pretty sure he has more now with all those shady dealings.
@@josevillarreal9920 when did kim threaten to end the world
@@daylightsavings7186 We'd all be walking around with tapeworms dripping out of arse if he had his way. Except for him of course.
@@josevillarreal9920 kim is involved in an ass tapeworm conspiracy? i’ve heard many things about the man but that’s new.
At 4:35 whys it pan over and circle Canada when talking about New York?
The background music makes me feel like I’m joining a zombie lobby on cod 😂
Every crypto investor right now just smiling at the price of crypto as it held strong and indeed valuable enough to generating good ROl.more person are gonna become millionaires and we have crypto thanks for that
How favourable is the market now.l want to invest in cryptography?
Yeah favourable
Yeah sure favourable forex and crypto yields more profit with the favourable market rise.
I had interest in investing in Forex and crypto but I was discouraged by friends and family,l was being ignorant thought.
Exactly ! That's definitely ignorance, they are good markets to invest in and earn profits of your investment.