The Hollywood Documentary ‘Billion Dollar Heist’ about the theft of Bangladesh Bank’s reserves has been released

The release of the documentary has been announced on Universal Pictures Home Entertainment’s website. According to the website, the documentary was released on August 15 (Tuesday).

The documentary has been released on OTT platforms Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, and other platforms, according to Universal Pictures Home Entertainment’s website. The documentary stars Eric Chien, Krishna Das, Nicole Pelroth, Mikko Hyppönen, Joshua Hammer, Keith Mularski, Rakesh Asthana, Rafal Rohozinski, E.J. Hilbert II, and many others.

This documentary titled ‘Billion Dollar Heist’ shows the beginning of the famous heist of 2016. The incident at that time gave a big jolt to the security of the entire world’s banking system, not just Bangladesh Bank. In the documentary, director Daniel Gordon shows how a group of cyber security hackers managed to steal 81 million dollars from Bangladesh Bank. Also, this documentary shows how a small typing error (typo) on the keyboard can make them miss out on huge money.

The ‘Billion Dollar Heist’ shows how hackers were able to exploit the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) system. SWIFT is a messaging network between banks around the world. Through this banks transfer money between each other.

Note that on February 4, 2016, 10 crore 10 lakh 1 thousand 623 dollars of Bangladesh Bank was stolen through computer hacking. The money was held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. From there the money was stolen and taken to the Philippines.

In that incident on March 15, 2016, Deputy Director of Accounts and Budgeting Department of Bangladesh Bank Md Zubair Bin Huda filed a complaint against unknown accused persons at Motijheel police station under Section 4 of Prevention of Money Laundering Act-2012 (Amendment 2015) and Section 58 of Information and Technology Act-2006 and 379 Filed a case under Sec. Currently, the case is under investigation by CID.