Re: Nordea Sweden shuts Internet banking due to targeted phishing

[Dan Kaminsky <dan () doxpara com>]

Florian Weimer wrote:
> > Check this out.
> >
> >  http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/#00000668
> >     
>
> | As the scam was uncovered, Nordea Sweden shut down their whole
> | internet bank. Apparently this was done in order to prevent the
> | scammers from using the codes to move money around.
>
> Uhm, this is just so wrong.  Maybe they weren't prepared, but this
> drastic measure puts more customers at risk because if their regular
> banking site fails, they will turn to backup sites that are announced
> in those helpful email messages.  Or something like that.
>   
As I've been saying, it is an open question whether we'll be able to do 
online banking in 18 months.

Tick tock.

--Dan

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