Re: Swedish Bank Loses $1.1M to Online Fraud

[Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>]

On Fri, 19 Jan 2007, Fergie wrote:
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> Is it just me, or does this seem to be getting way out of hand? :-)

Biggest ever? Give me a break. Some banks lose as much as 2-3 and even 4
millions USD A DAY during phishing attack waves.

        Gadi.

> It is epidemic.
>
> Via The BBC.
>
> [snip]
>
> Internet fraudsters have stolen around 8m kronor ($1.1m; £576,000) from
> account holders at Swedish bank Nordea.
>
> The theft, described by Swedish media as the world's biggest online fraud,
> took place over three months.
>
> The criminals siphoned money from customer's accounts after obtaining login
> details using a malicious program that claimed to be anti-spam software.
>
> Nordea said it had now refunded the lost money to all 250 customers
> affected by the scam.
>
> [snip]
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> More:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6279561.stm
>
> - - ferg
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