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Lingua 5B
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Mar 12, 2016

Apologies for sensationalist title, but here is what happened:

Hackers misspelled “foundation” in the NGO’s name as “fandation”, prompting a routing bank, Deutsche Bank, to seek clarification from the Bangladesh central bank, which stopped the transaction, one of the officials said.

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Apologies for sensationalist title, but here is what happened:

Hackers misspelled “foundation” in the NGO’s name as “fandation”, prompting a routing bank, Deutsche Bank, to seek clarification from the Bangladesh central bank, which stopped the transaction, one of the officials said.

Full article: http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/mar/10/spelling-mistake-prevented-bank-heist ▲ Collapse
 
Phil Hand
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China
Local time: 01:17
Chinese to English
Stay in school, kids Mar 14, 2016

Or you'll never make it as a bank robber.
 


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