Online bank job
Web 2.0, E-commerce
29 October 2007
A gang of online bank robbers are 'at large' after hacking into victims' bank accounts and spending their money, the Times reports.
The crooks take the money by using stolen private data to convince banks to release new debit and credit cards. The con-men then go on a shopping spree before selling the goods and pocketing the profit.
Detective Constable Harrington, who is involved with the case, said: "The whole operation from start to finish takes a few days and usually by the time anyone notices the money has gone the gang will have bought the goods and sold them on."
The police now have a specialist team to fight the criminals called the Dedicated Cheque and Plastic Crime Unit.
"There are a number of victims. When we first came across it we thought it was unusual but we have found it is happening all over the country," the paper reports DC Harrington saying.
Advice from Get Safe Online, the government safety website, is to choose the strongest possible password. To do this you should avoid names and dates of birth, and mix numbers with letters to make it as long as possible.
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