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$10,000 stolen from bank account after malware steals account number and password
Incident Date: April 2004 Incident Location: Sydney Australia Almost $10,000 (AUS) was stolen using a single transaction from the ANZ Bank account of a Sydney business. The transfer was made using password details that are believed to have been captured from a home computer infected with two viruses -- named "W32.Spybot.Worm" and "Backdoor.IRC.Flood". When running, these programs can be used to capture anything typed in by computer users. Presumably this capability was used when an employee of the business logged into their ANZ Bank account on the infected computer, thereby exposing the password and account details. The bank was able to track the funds since the thief had transferred them to another ANZ Bank account. An ANZ Bank official said that they would return the transferred amount to the business’ account. However, the money was still to be recovered from the criminal at the time of the news article. Story Sources Title: Spam scam taps into bank accounts Author: Sue Lowe Date: 4/7/2004 Publication: The Age Publication Location: Melbourne Australia Publication URL: http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/04/07/1081222500628.html Do you have additional information to contribute regarding this story? If so, please email siteupdates@passwordresearch.com with the details and source.
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