Global network exploited again in bank breach

New York

THIEVES have again found their way into what was thought to be the most secure financial messaging system in the world and stolen money from a bank. The crime appears to be part of a broad online attack on global banking.

New details about a second attack involving SWIFT - the messaging system used by thousands of banks and companies to move money around the world - are emerging as investigators are still trying to solve the US$81 million heist from the central bank of Bangladesh in February.