Bank phishing profits up by 14 per cent
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Online banking losses rose last year by 14%, according to the UK Cards Association, although overall losses card fraud fell. Fraudsters are targeting individuals rather than banks these days, now that banks have shored up their defences. Phishing is the new black, it seems. Five years ago there were just 1,700 reported phishing attacks in the UK.This year the Cards Association got wind of some 51,000 - 16% up on 2008. Poor banks may have lost almost...
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