10. North Korea’s CIA: The Billion Dollar Heist (Ep 2)

The Rest Is Classified

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🗓️ 8 January 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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What happens when an authoritarian state runs its security services like an organised crime syndicate? Why did a group of North Korean cyber criminals gamble away vast sums of stolen money in the casinos of Las Vegas? And did Kim Jong Un's spies get away with their billion dollar heist? After over a year of work, the North Korean cyber criminals are inside the Central Bank of Bangladesh and about to escape with their bags of cash, but there's a glitch. The account they plan to send the stolen money to in the Philippines has triggered a security alert with the Federal Reserve in New York. Will they avoid getting caught in the act? Listen as David and Gordon share the dramatic details of how a North Korean spy ring orchestrated one of the biggest bank robberies in history. Get our exclusive NordVPN deal here ➼ www.nordvpn.com/restisclassified It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! Email: [email protected] Twitter: @triclassified Assistant Producer: Becki Hills Producer: Callum Hill Senior Producer: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:53.9	Welcome. Welcome to The Rest is Classified, and we're talking and continuing our story about the attempted heist of a cool $1 billion from the Central Bank of Bangladesh by the North Korean security services.
2:02.2	The Norks, as they're called.
2:04.3	The Norks.
2:05.1	Gordon, you missed a tremendous opportunity to do a Dr. Evil impression there.
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