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North Korea Link Said to Be Probed in Theft from N.Y. Fed Account

Last year's cyber robbery of $81 million from Bangladesh central bank's account highlighted payment systems' vulnerability.

By Edvard Pettersson and Tom Schoenberg, Bloomberg | Updated on March 23, 2017

The U.S. is investigating whether the theft of $81 million from a Bangladesh central bank account at the New York Fed is linked to North Korea because of the similarity of the hack to an earlier breach of Sony Pictures Entertainment, two people familiar with the matter said.

There’s no indication that charges would be filed soon, said one of the people, both of whom asked not to be identified because the matter wasn’t public.

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