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Hacked Chinese Bank Server Phishes for US Banks

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the why-do-people-fall-for-these-things? dept.

1sockchuck writes "A Chinese bank's servers are being used in phishing attacks against U.S. institutions, apparently the first time one bank's infrastructure has been used in attacks on other banks. A hacked server from China Construction Bank Shanghai Branch is hosting pages spoofing Chase and eBay. The scam is one of numerous sites using a social engineering hook promising a $20 reward for recipients who complete a survey about the bank's online services. It then asks for your account login and password - so it can deposit the $20 in the correct account, of course. Plus your Social Security number, mother's maiden name etc."

2 of 47 comments (clear)

  1. Indeed. by Saeed+al-Sahaf · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The number of "computer literate" people on the Internet vs. "mom and pop" Interweb users who don't know any better, is actually very small. There is a good chance that a fair number in the small single digit percentages (or even smaller) respond to this type of stuff. Remember, it's like with penis pills, when you spam millions and millions, you only need a small percentage.

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  2. It's what you get when you limit information by Opportunist · · Score: 2, Insightful

    When you allow only legal information, most people will not even know what is possible aside of what is permitted.

    And if those people are responsible for security... think Demolition Man, just on an IT-scale.

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