Escape mazes and baccarat frenzy - the strange connection between North Korean hackers and casinos (2016)

Escape mazes and baccarat frenzy - the strange connection between North Korean hackers and casinos (2016)

In 2016, the Lazarus Group, a North Korean hacker group, took $81 million from the Central Bank of Bangladesh and laundered the money through the Jupiter Street branch of RCBC Bank in the Philippines. The funds were funneled into a fictitious account opened with forged documents. The mysterious behavior of the branch manager Maia Deguito and the statement of the deputy branch manager Agarado, "I would rather do this than get killed," indicate the seriousness of the case. The funds were taken to the casino "Solea" and laundered by a mysterious Chinese speaker who appeared at a fixed time every day and played baccarat emotionlessly. At the Senate hearing, a senator sarcastically stated, "Next time, deliver it to me. The case is typical of the fusion of cyber-attacks and the real underworld to evade international sanctions, and highlights a new dimension of state crime. As symbolized by the depiction of the bag-only stool, there is a sense of tension throughout the film, in whic
h the smallest of actions can be a clue to a massive crime.