Phishers Hack into Web Sites of 3 Florida Banks

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Phishers Hack into Web Sites of 3 Florida Banks

03-30-2006, 12:35 PM,

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Phishers Hack into Web Sites of 3 Florida Banks

Quote:In an unusual form of phishing, hackers cracked the computers hosting the Web sites of three Florida banks, redirecting banking customers to a bogus homepage in order to steal account information and other personal data.

ElectroNet Intermedia Consulting, the Tallahassee, Fla., service provider that hosts the sites of Capital City Bank, Wakulla Bank and Premier Bank, told the Tallahassee Democrat newspaper that the scam was spotted within an hour after it started March 21, and the sites were shutdown for a short period...

"This new scam is like phishing without the intervening electronic mail step," Quarterman said. "Because it is the bank's own Web (hosted, in this and no doubt many other cases) server that is compromised, the customer has even less reason to suspect anything amiss."...

full article: http://www.techweb.com/wire/security/184401079

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