Bank of New Zealand Shuts Down Web Site After Phishing Attack

["Fergie (Paul Ferguson)" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via Netcraft.

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A phishing attack led the Bank of New Zealand to take its online banking web site offline Thursday to prevent scammers 
from draining customer accounts. The bank said that although there had been no threat to its Internet infrastructure, 
the site was shut for eight hours to protect customers who shared their banking logins with a spoof web site operated 
by a phishing crew. The BNZ web site came back online Thursday evening with "restricted functionality," and returned to 
full service on Friday, bank spokesman told the National Business Review.

Bank of New Zealand said it will continue to closely monitor Internet banking transactions, and has revised daily 
transaction limits for all customers. The bank also suspended Internet banking access for customers who enteered their 
details at the fake site.

The bank issued a security advisory describing the email and spoof site and asking customers to contact the bank if 
they responded to the bogus "bait" email. The bank also restated measures customers can take to protect themselves 
against phishing attacks.

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http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2005/10/22/bank_shuts_down_web_site_after_phishing_attack.html

- ferg


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"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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