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Much has been reported and discussed about the bank heists that affected Bangladesh, Vietnam, and Ecuador. All three cases involved the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Transfers (SWIFT), a system used by financial/banking institutions worldwide for communicating financial messages or instructions, and has more than 10,000 customers from the financial sector: banks, brokerage institutions, foreign exchanges, and investment firms, among others.

http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/high-profiled-cyber-theft-against-banks-targeted-swift-systems/