HSBC e-payments system goes titsup (again)
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| Merchants are furious at HSBC UK after the bank's e-payments system fell over
| for an extended period for the second time in less than a fortnight.
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| Earlier this week the bank admitted that it has misplaced 370,000 customer
| details, containing in an unencrypted disc that it posted to a reinsurance
| firm a month ago.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/08/hsbc_e_payments_problems/
UK bank details 'for sale for £5'
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| British bank account details are on sale online for as little as £5 in
| so-called cyber-crime supermarkets, a report says.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7335844.stm
Last week:
Bank Down for 5 Days, Microsoft Software Blamed?
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Sampo Pankki törmäsi Microsoftin palvelimeen
http://www.digitoday.fi/page.php?page_id=66&news_id=20088831
Someone who speaks the language sent me this. What kind of bank puts financial
data in the hands of an O/S which has 40% of the PCs out there totally owned
by a criminal <
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-03-16-computer-botnets_N.htm
>?
Someone who speaks the language has sent more information:
"Microsoft XSS hole causes state consumer agency to tell people to file for
damages from Sampo Bank, Danske Bank.
http://hsivonen.iki.fi/sampo-epic-multifail/
Waiting increases the damage caused by Microsoft boosters. This is real
economic damage they are causing and some edge cases might find Microsoft too
much burden to survive. The movement is weak and can be buckled if we keep
pushing."
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New banking code cracks down on out-of-date software
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| The banking industry has re-affirmed a policy that makes online banking
| customers responsible for losses if they have out of date anti-virus or
| anti-phishing protection. New Banking Codes for consumers and businesses took
| effect on Monday.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/04/banking_code_2008/
Related:
Online banking fraud 'up 8,000%'
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| The UK has seen an 8,000% increase in fake internet banking scams
| in the past two years, the government's financial watchdog has warned.
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| The Financial Services Authority (FSA) told peers it was "very concerned"
| about the growth in "phishing".
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6177555.stm
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