The attacker had very good knowledge of banking systems.

$2.1 billion in stolen funds.

Money laundering operations.

A cyber criminal group.

These are smart guys.

From the BBC World Service, The Lazarus Heist is back for a brand new season.

Catch up with Season 1 of the podcast now by searching for The Lazarus Heist, wherever you get your BBC podcasts.

And get ready for season two coming next week.

Welcome to Hard Talk on the BBC World Service with me, Stephen Sacker.

My guest today began his professional life as a banker, but within five years allowed his

passion to get the better of him and threw in the bank for a bookshop.

James Daunt borrowed money to buy a fusty old shop in central London in 1990.

After a tough beginning, his ambition to create a bookshop vibe based on passionate staff

building a buzz around the books they really love paid off. In 2011,

he was hired to turn around the fortunes of a much bigger chain of UK bookshops, Waterstones.

And four years ago, he took on the ailing US bookseller, Barnes and Noble as well.

He's been a key player in the revival of the book's business after a period when

e-commerce and e-books appeared to represent an existential threat, both to book and bookstore. But while

profits are again being made, the book's business still faces a host of challenges. The vast majority

of writers struggle to earn a living. Do we really want to live

in a world of homogenized bestsellers, often written by celebrities? And in an age of increasingly

fierce culture wars, are there signs that the publishers and the booksellers are putting

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