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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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  • @VICENews
    @VICENews  2 года назад +11

    WATCH MORE: This is the world’s most terrifying spyware. - y2u.be/QX7X4Ywuotc

  • @kimjongun6746
    @kimjongun6746 2 года назад +2774

    Such a great, well researched video from Vice

  • @faiyazabdullah9485
    @faiyazabdullah9485 2 года назад +330

    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.

    • @anjumkhan1775
      @anjumkhan1775 2 года назад +11

      of course bhai

    • @Sujay95
      @Sujay95 2 года назад +86

      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.

    • @hamzamahmood9565
      @hamzamahmood9565 2 года назад +20

      Bro literally no one trusts the government here in BD. No point telling as no one would believe it

    • @swayback7375
      @swayback7375 2 года назад +15

      @@hamzamahmood9565 where do people trust their government ?

    • @ayaanmukherjee4701
      @ayaanmukherjee4701 2 года назад +5

      Local news is more intrested with religion I guess right ??

  • @bluest1524
    @bluest1524 2 года назад +368

    "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.

    • @milan.2412
      @milan.2412 2 года назад +26

      Silly boy, they have drivers. They don’t even need to open the car doors.

  • @EgdeFilms
    @EgdeFilms 2 года назад +610

    11 minutes just saved me hours from listening to the podcast.

    • @cece-yd3bo
      @cece-yd3bo 2 года назад +7

      Darknet diaries?

    • @lizmusan7300
      @lizmusan7300 2 года назад +46

      Podcasts are way too slow. I use RUclips videos as podcasts. Quick to the point and optional visuals

    • @natelax1367
      @natelax1367 2 года назад +13

      I listened to the podcast at work and hearing the details is interesting

    • @cupcakemcsparklebutt9051
      @cupcakemcsparklebutt9051 2 года назад +1

      @@lizmusan7300 agreed

    • @evavankampen5727
      @evavankampen5727 2 года назад +1

      Which podcast?

  • @wboumans
    @wboumans 2 года назад +228

    Leaving out the best part where they sabotaged the printers that prints every transaction.

    • @uhsdCINASDCAINSD
      @uhsdCINASDCAINSD 2 года назад +20

      The little details

    • @handlemonium
      @handlemonium 2 года назад +8

      They stole crypto too.

    • @evilisforbidden3981
      @evilisforbidden3981 2 года назад +1

      Thats what was most interesting,
      I heard these printers were printing themselves silly if they were connected to WiFi.

    • @ThinkerYT
      @ThinkerYT 2 года назад +3

      yeah im kinda disappointed by this video

  • @RichTechnologyGroup
    @RichTechnologyGroup 2 года назад +55

    North Korea: Tries to steal $1B
    United States of America: Hold my unlimited money printing machine! 💰💸

    • @tkcdac
      @tkcdac 2 года назад +2

      Thank you for not letting this obvious omission slide by. :D

    • @RichTechnologyGroup
      @RichTechnologyGroup 2 года назад +3

      @@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.

  • @Tsudkyk
    @Tsudkyk 2 года назад +452

    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.

    • @ChristianF15cher
      @ChristianF15cher 2 года назад +35

      Well…that would make me NEED to see it if my boss told me not to.

    • @kyleunderhill9126
      @kyleunderhill9126 2 года назад +41

      @@ChristianF15cher I get your idea and I usually feel the same, but a commanding officer's power is vastly different from most bosses

    • @ChristianF15cher
      @ChristianF15cher 2 года назад +11

      @@kyleunderhill9126 again this would only be compounding my interest several more times over.

    • @super-kami-guru
      @super-kami-guru 2 года назад +11

      And it wasn't even that great of a movie, it definitely had a few good moments though.

    • @outdoorloser4340
      @outdoorloser4340 2 года назад +8

      Meanwhile: American drone strikes and sanctions are killing millions of children and elderly.

  • @Furiends
    @Furiends 2 года назад +622

    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.

    • @blazeyfam
      @blazeyfam 2 года назад +29

      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.

    • @AutonomousPlayground
      @AutonomousPlayground 2 года назад +18

      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.

    • @Maxjoker98
      @Maxjoker98 2 года назад +20

      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 ;)

    • @Furiends
      @Furiends 2 года назад +5

      @@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.

    • @uhsdCINASDCAINSD
      @uhsdCINASDCAINSD 2 года назад

      I agree

  • @Lena-vw6ye
    @Lena-vw6ye 2 года назад +166

    I remember watching this years ago. North Korea is quite crafty. Though $80 million is only a drop in the bucket for weapon systems.

    • @413-massmelopitboss5
      @413-massmelopitboss5 2 года назад +1

      You are beautiful 💯

    • @JohnDoe-tx8lq
      @JohnDoe-tx8lq 2 года назад +16

      This wasn't about the $80M, it was about the attempted $1Billion.

    • @AspieTrips
      @AspieTrips 2 года назад +15

      @@413-massmelopitboss5 wow I guess you say that to every pretty woman on the internet.

    • @otis3744
      @otis3744 2 года назад +3

      @@JohnDoe-tx8lq 1billion is still childs play

    • @otis3744
      @otis3744 2 года назад +3

      @@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

  • @mansooraziz4955
    @mansooraziz4955 2 года назад +41

    Sony needs to turn this into a movie. 💰

    • @handywijaya3689
      @handywijaya3689 2 года назад +10

      Lol and they will got hacked for the second time

    • @seyramaddai
      @seyramaddai 2 года назад +4

      That's what got them into trouble in the first place

    • @simsgamer007
      @simsgamer007 2 года назад

      Didn’t Dr. Evil already do this?

  • @MNnytrorider
    @MNnytrorider 2 года назад +52

    I wish I had computer skills like this

    • @ShahrozSher-p1l
      @ShahrozSher-p1l 2 года назад +11

      Thing is each hack gets traced, it’s only a matter of time. Groups like these have state protection so they go full retard

    • @factanonverba7547
      @factanonverba7547 2 года назад +1

      Just use gasoline, it's more efficient.

    • @factanonverba7547
      @factanonverba7547 2 года назад +1

      They missed NYC on their digimap

    • @factanonverba7547
      @factanonverba7547 2 года назад +1

      I predict a round of assassination next

    • @whiteprivilege7961
      @whiteprivilege7961 2 года назад +4

      You can

  • @juanzero5398
    @juanzero5398 2 года назад +61

    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.

    • @aestheticvibezz142
      @aestheticvibezz142 2 года назад +19

      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.

    • @leonardodavinci7524
      @leonardodavinci7524 2 года назад +9

      @@aestheticvibezz142 nice way to say we are fucked anyway

    • @xtremity229
      @xtremity229 2 года назад +7

      @@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?

    • @tradetheticks919
      @tradetheticks919 2 года назад +3

      @@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?

    • @aestheticvibezz142
      @aestheticvibezz142 2 года назад +4

      @@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.

  • @mrniceface
    @mrniceface 2 года назад +44

    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

    • @Fabreezy0391
      @Fabreezy0391 2 года назад +4

      I had to double check cause I'm from Quebec XD

    • @Fabreezy0391
      @Fabreezy0391 2 года назад +2

      @Orbite Flow nous, on aime tout le monde ici.

    • @kadaltokek3953
      @kadaltokek3953 2 года назад +1

      @Orbite Flow i prefer frog legs than fish and chip

    • @Rampant16
      @Rampant16 2 года назад

      They also show Deutsche Bank when they refer to Deutsche Bahn, the German national railway company.

  • @johnnybravohonk6964
    @johnnybravohonk6964 2 года назад +27

    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?

    • @handywijaya3689
      @handywijaya3689 2 года назад +1

      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

  • @lottielotte
    @lottielotte 2 года назад +47

    Damn, made me want to rewatch Mr. Robot.

    • @angeedesierra
      @angeedesierra 2 года назад +6

      Yeah, it's justified and Elliot did the right thing to end greed of banks creating too much debts to people.

  • @parrotraiser6541
    @parrotraiser6541 2 года назад +75

    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.

    • @nikhilpandey2618
      @nikhilpandey2618 2 года назад +15

      They have a friend

    • @barrymcoc8171
      @barrymcoc8171 2 года назад

      @@nikhilpandey2618 who knows a friend

    • @martinemjt
      @martinemjt 2 года назад +1

      Maybe the Cia? The division of Korea is a second world War deal! Cia?

    • @xtremity229
      @xtremity229 2 года назад +3

      I think they had a degree program for this in their university. They're so good on this.

    • @realtaiter3991
      @realtaiter3991 2 года назад +8

      Are you kidding? North Koreas hacking unit is on point. Kim Jong Un himself is a computer science major.

  • @gunbacker9428
    @gunbacker9428 2 года назад +1

    That lady chuckling and smiling about NK not having electricity was unsettling

  • @anwitmondal6417
    @anwitmondal6417 2 года назад +62

    Its insane to think that all of this happened primarily because of seth rogen and james franco 🤣🤣.

  • @kraftthisile9113
    @kraftthisile9113 2 года назад +54

    Is anyone really surprised. That's how they survive all this time.

    • @houseplant1016
      @houseplant1016 2 года назад +11

      Can't the US put sanctions that they can't use satelites from other countries to get internet or something?

    • @sickboi2615
      @sickboi2615 2 года назад +9

      When you santion a country to core , what you expect?

    • @sickboi2615
      @sickboi2615 2 года назад +4

      When you santion a country to core , what you expect?

    • @kraftthisile9113
      @kraftthisile9113 2 года назад +6

      @@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.

    • @Wackaz
      @Wackaz 2 года назад +5

      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.

  • @baktiarchowdhury9493
    @baktiarchowdhury9493 2 года назад +5

    Thanks a lot to all of you for making this video.

  • @sebastiaoedsonmacedo7950
    @sebastiaoedsonmacedo7950 2 года назад +4

    Why was she laughing when she mentioned most people lacking even electricity?

  • @PJL7095
    @PJL7095 2 года назад +9

    I also once tried to steal a billion dollars… but the bank teller was not having it

  • @Ehsanesque
    @Ehsanesque 2 года назад +14

    As Bengali, I'm shocked I haven't heard of this incident until now.

    • @manfreds.6384
      @manfreds.6384 2 года назад +6

      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.

    • @shimantorahman8324
      @shimantorahman8324 2 года назад +3

      ei jonno paper porte hoy

    • @hank561
      @hank561 2 года назад +2

      @@shimantorahman8324 😂😂

    • @shimantorahman8324
      @shimantorahman8324 2 года назад

      @@hank561🤷‍♂️

    • @hank561
      @hank561 2 года назад +1

      @@shimantorahman8324 naa aapni jbhaabe eta bollen oita dekhe ektu haashi pelo

  • @lonelyalaskan7208
    @lonelyalaskan7208 2 года назад +45

    The fact that we get free documentaries on RUclips by VICE News is truly a gift 👍

    • @cmonman85
      @cmonman85 2 года назад +2

      I agree.

    • @notforgotten3685
      @notforgotten3685 2 года назад +2

      Meh. Kento Bento’s video on this topic was better.

  • @adventurousloner
    @adventurousloner 2 года назад +8

    They made Kim Jong, seem like a real life Bond villain.

  • @raiyanulkarim5470
    @raiyanulkarim5470 2 года назад +20

    I am from bangaldesh.
    we are sad because it was hard earned of our workers living in foreign country.

    • @sujesh4684
      @sujesh4684 2 года назад +2

      Yes, it shows how diabolical North Korea is. They targeted Bangladesh.

    • @handywijaya3689
      @handywijaya3689 2 года назад +5

      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

    • @LlLnig
      @LlLnig 2 года назад

      What about refund scams?

    • @nathangillingham5734
      @nathangillingham5734 2 года назад

      @@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.

    • @MS-tc2fs
      @MS-tc2fs 2 года назад +1

      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.

  • @JasonRennie
    @JasonRennie 2 года назад +49

    Darknet Diaries covered this over a year ago (episode 72 Bangladesh Bank Heist) and has lots of other excellent stories like this one.

    • @henokhabtamu6351
      @henokhabtamu6351 2 года назад +2

      Appreciate it bro

    • @oleiccha234
      @oleiccha234 2 года назад +2

      where i can watch this darknet diaries?

    • @mk_annan22
      @mk_annan22 2 года назад +1

      So did Kento Bento on RUclips.

    • @MickDavies
      @MickDavies 2 года назад +3

      It's my favourite podcast, it sucks after you listen to one and have to wait a fortnight or so for the next episode

    • @JasonRennie
      @JasonRennie 2 года назад +3

      @@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!

  • @AiraCamille
    @AiraCamille 2 года назад +3

    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.

  • @AwokenEntertainment
    @AwokenEntertainment 2 года назад +54

    nice try North Korea....

  • @TheZombieMatador
    @TheZombieMatador 2 года назад +18

    This is just a diversion from the real heist, claiming they invented the burrito!

  • @NicotineftCoffeeFlavoredWater
    @NicotineftCoffeeFlavoredWater 2 года назад +1

    Why does the bank of Bangladesh have a billion bucks sitting in the FED bank account?

    • @saumitrachakravarty
      @saumitrachakravarty 2 года назад +1

      It's called a "reserve". Needed as a guarantee for doing business with the US.

  • @pawstravel
    @pawstravel 2 года назад +41

    Sometimes looking at actions of Kim it's feeling like more and more that he is Florida man leading a country 😂

    • @zeitgeistx5239
      @zeitgeistx5239 2 года назад +5

      We had Donnie boy, he was literal Florida man.

    • @TheZachary86
      @TheZachary86 2 года назад +5

      I dunno, hacking seems logical from a country that is isolated and cut off

    • @SpaceRanger187
      @SpaceRanger187 2 года назад +2

      No different then what the American government does..How you steal it makes a difference.whatever

  • @colorsofsound4782
    @colorsofsound4782 2 года назад +1

    pretty sure at 10:24 she said bahn not bank, as in the German public transport

    • @nikkan2678
      @nikkan2678 2 года назад

      Thx was looking for this comment

  • @stanmarsh4203
    @stanmarsh4203 2 года назад +3

    Great video Vice

  • @anthonylicata5704
    @anthonylicata5704 2 года назад +1

    The animation at 4:30 goes from Bangladesh to what says New York but is actually showing some place in Canada lol

  • @sunmock
    @sunmock 2 года назад +3

    Why is New York in French Canada? 4:32

  • @Ahmad_9134
    @Ahmad_9134 2 года назад +4

    "Old fashioned pen and paper"
    The hell? When did pen and paper become old fashioned?

  • @minutemanbill8409
    @minutemanbill8409 2 года назад +4

    4:33 that isn't New York, that's Newfoundland. Nice try though vice.

  • @dhruvramesh4857
    @dhruvramesh4857 2 года назад +1

    Wait, how is 81 million in any way close to a billion with a B lol

  • @Ravi-wf5he
    @Ravi-wf5he 2 года назад +9

    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.?!

  • @alphacentauri-5618
    @alphacentauri-5618 2 года назад +1

    2016 called & said this story is already broadcasted! And its still hard to believe who actually was behind this incident.

  • @d.diggler9936
    @d.diggler9936 2 года назад +6

    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.

    • @agubuzuchisom8609
      @agubuzuchisom8609 2 года назад

      Cos they've nuclear weapons

    • @lubex3486
      @lubex3486 2 года назад

      @@agubuzuchisom8609 Cuz, Hackers can't be .....

  • @santiblanco9285
    @santiblanco9285 2 года назад

    I was about to watch the interview….. got the end spoiled…!!

  • @tyler4372
    @tyler4372 2 года назад +9

    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.

    • @nathangillingham5734
      @nathangillingham5734 2 года назад +2

      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

    • @MS-tc2fs
      @MS-tc2fs 2 года назад +3

      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.

    • @NunyaHarmonee
      @NunyaHarmonee 2 года назад

      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 RUclips about NK.

    • @ponyoponyoponyofishieinthe7329
      @ponyoponyoponyofishieinthe7329 2 года назад

      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).

  • @baktiarchowdhury9493
    @baktiarchowdhury9493 2 года назад +1

    Thanks a lot to all of you for making this video.From Bangladesh.

  • @earljohnson2676
    @earljohnson2676 2 года назад +12

    You have to give them props they just don’t care and I’m sure having China on there side doesn’t hurt either

  • @pezpowerproductions2602
    @pezpowerproductions2602 2 года назад

    what is the annoying clocking sound around @2:20 ?

  • @dcrypt9107
    @dcrypt9107 2 года назад +15

    I love how news media is creating a commotion on hacking. thanks for boosting my career as an ethical hacker lol

  • @almostposi
    @almostposi 2 года назад +1

    4:32 I don't recall New York being in Canada

  • @yungliquidfire8605
    @yungliquidfire8605 2 года назад +6

    Before watching this I watched “why western media loves crazy North Korean stories”

    • @nathangillingham5734
      @nathangillingham5734 2 года назад +1

      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

    • @Steveinthailand
      @Steveinthailand 2 года назад +2

      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

  • @felixcastonguay9228
    @felixcastonguay9228 2 года назад

    I like how you out a big circle around New York, but it actually points in the middle of Québec

  • @400xia
    @400xia 2 года назад +8

    The lady provided too much performance...like she is talking to kindergarden

    • @htvacation5229
      @htvacation5229 2 года назад

      Once you said that I noticed it more lol foreal

  • @Oliviiiful
    @Oliviiiful 2 года назад +1

    At 4:32 New York is now in the province of Quebec 🇨🇦

  • @Melissa0774
    @Melissa0774 2 года назад +4

    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?

    • @MU-go1fq
      @MU-go1fq 2 года назад +2

      They didn't win all times so total amount is less than 81 million.

    • @Lord_Internet
      @Lord_Internet 2 года назад

      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.

    • @Melissa0774
      @Melissa0774 2 года назад

      @@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?

  • @jordantallmanpao4061
    @jordantallmanpao4061 2 года назад

    At 4:35 whys it pan over and circle Canada when talking about New York?

  • @Casperski1312
    @Casperski1312 2 года назад +16

    And they would’ve gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for you meddling kids and your dog!

    • @whtsapp..1525
      @whtsapp..1525 2 года назад

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  • @reprogrammingmind
    @reprogrammingmind 2 года назад

    Excellent

  • @CodexTestsYT
    @CodexTestsYT 2 года назад +10

    damn, didn't even see this in the Philippine news. they're so focused on the elections and what the candidates are doing

    • @Dizinii
      @Dizinii 2 года назад +2

      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.

    • @handywijaya3689
      @handywijaya3689 2 года назад

      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

    • @CodexTestsYT
      @CodexTestsYT 2 года назад

      @@Dizinii Ohh maybe I was still too young to watch news, thanks for this

  • @nn431xru1
    @nn431xru1 2 года назад +1

    ..and we didn't have smart enough people to prevent this? ...to seek out vulnerability in the system from cyber attack like this? This is an unacceptable failure.

    • @ahmadalkhansa5294
      @ahmadalkhansa5294 2 года назад

      There are specialized companies that sell malicious software. Take a look at the pegasus spyware case.

  • @greengabe5
    @greengabe5 2 года назад +3

    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.

    • @ItMakesYouWonder0
      @ItMakesYouWonder0 2 года назад

      Their country doesn't run on technology, and they have no money to steal. Shutting down computers there wouldn't be nearly as disruptive.

    • @greengabe5
      @greengabe5 2 года назад +2

      @@ItMakesYouWonder0 I’m pretty sure their missile launch network isn’t being powered by hamster wheels

    • @greengabe5
      @greengabe5 2 года назад

      @Abď oh so the state sponsored TV and their entire military complex is powered by hopes and dreams? Get out of here lmao

    • @blueonblack83
      @blueonblack83 2 года назад

      @@greengabe5 Close. They are powered by unicorn tears and leprechaun wishes.

  • @codycarlson1346
    @codycarlson1346 2 года назад +2

    Why don’t you guys do a story about Ashley Biden’s diary or maybe faucis funding gain of function research an the cover up of it.

    • @Vanguardkl
      @Vanguardkl 2 года назад

      Why don't you take your medication

    • @codycarlson1346
      @codycarlson1346 2 года назад

      Continue to bow to your crowns

  • @JessiOz2k07
    @JessiOz2k07 2 года назад +19

    I m no N Korean. I am from Australia but I say Well Done.
    This was such a well done hacking operation. Damn!

    • @MS-tc2fs
      @MS-tc2fs 2 года назад +6

      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.

    • @mynaisynai8957
      @mynaisynai8957 2 года назад

      Nah they got caught remember the paper trail

    • @lukphom5590
      @lukphom5590 2 года назад

      I’m from North Korea 🇰🇵 I love my king Kim

  • @readdeadli5680
    @readdeadli5680 2 года назад

    Wow New York is in Quebec???

  • @seamusbreen8485
    @seamusbreen8485 2 года назад +7

    Jean Lee laughing at people in North Korea for not having electricity…nice

    • @sys9208
      @sys9208 2 года назад

      NK hackers will hack her data now.

  • @joesalgado587
    @joesalgado587 2 года назад

    This Was A Good Video To Watch👌

  • @Chowlife
    @Chowlife 2 года назад +47

    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!

    • @elli6062
      @elli6062 2 года назад

      lol .

    • @justwhy7633
      @justwhy7633 2 года назад

      No i didn't sent them

    • @vlonethug4761
      @vlonethug4761 2 года назад

      There was actually way more details left out so your getting a crumb of a pie instead of the whole pie

  • @boristrifonov5394
    @boristrifonov5394 2 года назад +2

    Banks steal money since hundred years , not a big deal ! well done hackers keep it up !

  • @celestesenters1052
    @celestesenters1052 2 года назад +4

    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?

    • @r3dpowel796
      @r3dpowel796 2 года назад +4

      North korea is literally free to do what it wants without real boundaries and consequences.

  • @Ir1sh1000
    @Ir1sh1000 2 года назад

    Are we all just going to ignore the fact that at 4:33 they show New York on the map, but that is clearly Quebec?

  • @dompit9535
    @dompit9535 2 года назад +11

    People should be more diligent about who they take money from (if not the casinos, then the other participants of the economy).

  • @mayhem3218
    @mayhem3218 2 года назад

    so what account they use?

  • @dejamike88
    @dejamike88 2 года назад +12

    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.

    • @daylightsavings7186
      @daylightsavings7186 2 года назад

      @@josevillarreal9920 when did kim threaten to end the world

    • @josevillarreal9920
      @josevillarreal9920 2 года назад

      @@daylightsavings7186 We'd all be walking around with tapeworms dripping out of arse if he had his way. Except for him of course.

    • @daylightsavings7186
      @daylightsavings7186 2 года назад +1

      @@josevillarreal9920 kim is involved in an ass tapeworm conspiracy? i’ve heard many things about the man but that’s new.

  • @jessecantu5130
    @jessecantu5130 2 года назад +2

    That’s like stealing a dollar to them

    • @stefanakosmar
      @stefanakosmar 2 года назад

      no it’s not you’re exaggerating

  • @Mehrvideos916
    @Mehrvideos916 2 года назад +15

    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.

    • @Wackaz
      @Wackaz 2 года назад +1

      This is blatant propaganda.

    • @EstebanDVO
      @EstebanDVO 2 года назад +1

      @@Wackaz what?

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      @whtsapp..1525 2 года назад

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  • @boddilyfluids
    @boddilyfluids 2 года назад

    why did your map ping new york in quebec?

  • @shivamtomar
    @shivamtomar 2 года назад +4

    They have earned way way more than those $1bn .
    Hacking is the main source of income of the regime in NK.

    • @dennispodiapolski9763
      @dennispodiapolski9763 2 года назад

      Wanna know the second source of income, throwing a fit and threatening to use nuclear weapons when Kim’s wallet is feeling a bit empty, and when they get their money from other countries trying to calm them down, they spend it on further fortifications, ski resorts for Kim, and propaganda instead of the people that are starving

    • @shivamtomar
      @shivamtomar 2 года назад

      @@dennispodiapolski9763 lol but no

  • @DefconOneFX
    @DefconOneFX 2 года назад

    2:24 “employees were reduced to using old fashioned pen and paper” says the news anchor holding a pen

  • @meluk6991
    @meluk6991 2 года назад +3

    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.

  • @capncake8837
    @capncake8837 2 года назад +2

    Kento Bento made a video about the Bangladesh heist a few years ago. Nice to see VICE make a related video now.

  • @AnthonyLock92
    @AnthonyLock92 2 года назад +9

    These two are great! They did a full length podcast series for the BBC called the Lazarus heist. It's really good!

  • @Postntalkmemes
    @Postntalkmemes 2 года назад +2

    I'll never forget when I first heard about this, I always wonder if Kim knows the rest of the world views him as an absolute joke of a leader.

    • @anneeq008
      @anneeq008 11 месяцев назад

      He knows everything. Which is the saddest thing

  • @andrewjones575
    @andrewjones575 2 года назад +3

    Please cover the Colleyville synagogue hostage crisis.

  • @binladen4631
    @binladen4631 2 года назад +2

    How come we havent heard about North Korea during this Russia/ Ukraine tension?

  • @brandonmiles8174
    @brandonmiles8174 2 года назад +16

    It's amazing how, despite being investigative journalists, they either aren't good enough to figure out, or intentionally leave in propaganda, Details about the ordinary lives of North Koreans, like having computers. They said "only those who work for the government use computers", well I hate to burst your bubble but almost everyone in North Korea to a certain extent works for the government, because most business is owned by the state. Additionally, North Koreans not only - SURPRISE - have electricity, but have their own smart phones, which use the internet, my friends. Now, they may not use Western websites and social media, but they certainly don't live in the dark ages. The amount to which the ruling classes have gotten away with propagandizing the North Koreans is so utterly absurd.

    • @sameerrana7016
      @sameerrana7016 2 года назад

      Haha well said

    • @saiftama
      @saiftama 2 года назад

      Have you been there?

    • @betahouse8
      @betahouse8 2 года назад +2

      Do you have any proof for your claims?

    • @brandonmiles8174
      @brandonmiles8174 2 года назад +2

      @@betahouse8 i know Western propaganda makes one believe otherwise, but there Is actually pretty easily accessible information, and people on the internet and social media that regularly go to the DPRK, that share those experiences online for the world to see. I mean if you understand anything about how the West works, you know that any state unwilling to bend the knee to western business is going to get propagandized to the moon and back. There is a whole beautiful world out there you will never know about if you don't look behind the curtain.

    • @brandonmiles8174
      @brandonmiles8174 2 года назад +1

      @@saiftama no, I personally have not been there. I have tried setting up a trip, but as a US citizen, I'm forbidden, by the US government, not the DPRK, from legally visiting there. I do know a woman from Canada, who now lives in China, and works as a guide to the DPRK.

  • @bryanbrewer4272
    @bryanbrewer4272 2 года назад

    more vice gold!

  • @Revunant
    @Revunant 2 года назад

    4:33 that's definitely new york

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  • @mikepod637
    @mikepod637 2 года назад +1

    bruh they casually mention only $81 mil was stolen but keep saying "TRIED TO STEAL A BILLON". cmon guys

    • @MS-tc2fs
      @MS-tc2fs 2 года назад +2

      Clickbait and propaganda

  • @rogerlonghorn2425
    @rogerlonghorn2425 2 года назад +6

    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 ?

    • @camanderson9954
      @camanderson9954 2 года назад

      you are publicly disrespecting a literal God in their eyes.

  • @jwheeler335
    @jwheeler335 2 года назад

    Flash frame at 4:20. need better editors ;)

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    @thomasgoss8181 2 года назад +3

    "Mind-blowing" some things should remain the same. Everything shouldn't be digitalized. Up close,& personal can then be explained,& pinpointed.

  • @JUST_OBEY
    @JUST_OBEY 2 года назад

    0:39 didn't know pee-wee went into journalism

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      @genesisanna2239 2 года назад

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  • @mk_annan22
    @mk_annan22 2 года назад +2

    North Korean govt. owes us Bangladeshis 81 million usd plus more for the damages they made. It's not just the money, think about the human cost. All this for their ambitious destructive nuclear weapons projects. Unethical.

    • @MS-tc2fs
      @MS-tc2fs 2 года назад +2

      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.

    • @OrangeButterCream1
      @OrangeButterCream1 2 года назад +1

      @@MS-tc2fs lol what they certainly have the resources to develop these things , North Korea is a county , an improvised one , but a country can definitely finance these things. Individuals have caused more havoc in the cyber space than any North Korean , and they aren’t bankrolled by a country lol. If a guy in his basement can develop sophistication tech, surely a country with nuclear technology can.

  • @MattHuey
    @MattHuey 2 года назад +10

    I wish that NK would take care of there ppl....or have a revolt!!💯💯 cuz the people are suffering! Rocket man 🚀 needs take care of his ppl...not just himself!!👍🙄

    • @Artist1974CH
      @Artist1974CH 2 года назад +5

      The people of NK are not suffering because of Kim; they are suffering because US/NATO sanctions! Hell! You live in a racist country with a corrupt Government that never takes care of its people especially during this pandemic!

    • @abrqzx
      @abrqzx 2 года назад +9

      @@Artist1974CH HAHAHAHHAAHHAHAHA North Korea and Communist supporters strikes once again 🤣 North Korea is obviously sending missiles as threat to the other nations and you blame the US of their actions? What if North Korea become rich? You think they will be a peaceful country not attacking neighboring countries? 🤣 I’m not even American but blaming America for y’all delusional arguments are obviously propaganda 🤮🤣🤣🤣

    • @nacanacoo
      @nacanacoo 2 года назад +1

      @@abrqzx Remember when america went and invaded a bunch of third world countries in the middle east for the sole intention of destabilizing them?

    • @RellshouldBsleep
      @RellshouldBsleep 2 года назад +2

      @@Artist1974CH Lmao and the people in korth Korea are dieing from starvation 🤣😂🤣 And you're talking about racism in America we don't even have to do much that whole country will fail on its own... And if America is the cause of all of their woes I feel even better about it I'm eating fine bout to have me a nice big breakfast. While my North Korean equivalent is trying to catch a stray dog for him and his family to eat which I find hilarious. Let's keep up the sanctions so they all die slow

    • @nacanacoo
      @nacanacoo 2 года назад

      @@abrqzx oh yeah, and still fucking LOST after spending 20 years fighting people living in caves with 40 y.o AK 47's? I'm so glad that the Taliban has Blackhawk Helicopters now. Thank you Amerika, very cool

  • @PrenticeBoy1688
    @PrenticeBoy1688 2 года назад

    Anybody else notice that chattering, clicking noise in the background or are my iffy speakers causing distortion?

  • @victorbostitch2294
    @victorbostitch2294 2 года назад +4

    “They didn’t manage to get the billion dollars but they got very close. They got 81 million.” I didn’t know asians could be bad at math

  • @doodlebug6833
    @doodlebug6833 2 года назад +1

    Didn't Jake Tran already cover this awile ago?

  • @SaidurRahmanSajal
    @SaidurRahmanSajal 2 года назад +4

    Bangladesh Bank is also to be blamed here. Cause majority of the bankers there doesn't even have basic computer skills and security measurement is "still" pretty much backdated. They acted slowly in the beginning and tried to olay it down to hide the actual facts. None of the bankers got any punishment or even show cause letters. Not even the cyber security related people. In addition to that, SWIFT authority is also to be blamed. They didn't acted swiftly enough and haven't taken any action against Philippines central bank or any Philippine's banks.