Phishers Busted by German Police

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

Via SC Magazine Online.

[snip]

Seven men, aged between 21 and 47 years old, were arrested in connection with a plot to steal from the bank accounts of 
thousands of internet users.

The BKA (Germany's federal crime office) said it stopped the German/Lithuanian gang as its members were just about to 
send out millions of phishing emails with trojans designed to steal passwords and TANs (single-use transaction numbers) 
from online bank account holders.

Police officers, who have been investigating the case since last December, searched six apartments in Frankfurt, 
Wetzlar, Gießen, Stauffenberg, Lich and Allendorf for evidence. According to the BKA, the gang opened several bank 
accounts using fake names and addresses and planned to transfer stolen money to Eastern Europe.

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More:
http://www.scmagazine.com/uk/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=XCK.News.Article&nNewsID=551447

- ferg


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 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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