Billion Dollar Heist

Aug 05, 2023 | IMDB 7.6

85 min Watch Now

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Global, dynamic, and eye-opening, this is story of the most daring cyber heist of all time, the Bangladeshi Central Bank theft, tracing the origins of cyber-crime from basic credit card fraud to the wildly complex criminal organisations in existence today, supported by commentary and fascinating insight from highly regarded cyber security experts.

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Eric Chien, Mikko Hyppönen, Keith Mularski, Misha Glenny

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