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Re: Hackers Hit South African Banks
From: "Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 15:25:45 -0400
On 7/4/06, Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu <Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu> wrote:
On Tue, 04 Jul 2006 13:07:17 -0000, Fergie said: s have penetrated Internet banking facilities and hacked into > the accounts of clients of three major banks, a Cape Town newspaper > reports. > > Its website said fraudsters had in the past three months gained access > to the online accounts of clients from First National Bank, Standard > and Absa banks. > > They stole thousands of rands. > > The fraudsters had found a way of hacking into personal or business > accounts and then transferring money from these accounts to either > cellphone or Telkom prepaid accounts. Sounds to me like either a phish or the hackers found a weakness in the website such as a default PIN, and only had access to some accounts via the website. If the actual systems had been breached, the total take should have been far higher....
Agreed FYI: 1000 rand= 142.068 USD _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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