Sunday, 20 October 2013

760 million yen stolen via online transfers in Japan this year

The amount of money stolen from Internet banking accounts in Japan totaled some 760 million yen from the beginning of the year through Tuesday, the National Police Agency said Friday.

The amount is already more than twice the full-year record high of 308 million yen marked in 2011.
The money was secretly transferred after login credentials were stolen from customers' personal computers infected with viruses, according to the police.

Source: NewsOnJapan

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