[thechat] Online bandits

Madhu Menon webguru at vsnl.net
Sat Jul 20 07:12:00 CDT 2002


http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,4739250%255E421,00.html

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MAJOR security flaws in internet and telephone banking have been exposed by
a scheme which has seen millions of dollars stolen from customers' accounts.

NSW police have launched a wide-ranging investigation into reports of funds
being stolen from the accounts of more than a hundred bank customers across
NSW since February this year.

Individual customers have lost up to $150,000 each. Strike Force Windrush,
headed by Detective Inspector Michael Gerondis from Crime Agencies, has
identified an organised crime ring rorting the BPay system.

</quote>

That is scary. Social engineering can do lots.

M

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