Mexico Foiled a $110 Million Bank Heist, Then Kept It a Secret
By Michelle F Davis
Published: 2018-05-29 · Archived: 2026-04-02 10:35:01 UTC
On a Tuesday morning in early January, the computer system at Mexico’s state-owned trade bank went haywire.
Some of Bancomext’s workers couldn’t get their PCs to turn on. The internet was slow. Routine operations were
taking longer than normal.
Inside the lender’s concrete-and-glass building on the southern outskirts of Mexico City, a mid-level technician
was monitoring messages coming in on the Swift network, the air-traffic control system for sending money around
the world. His job was to check fund transfers to make sure they matched the payment orders dispatched by Swift.
Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-29/mexico-foiled-a-110-million-bank-heist-then-kept-it-a-secret
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