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on Tuesday November 08 2016, @03:41AM
from the we-have-detected-a-potentially-fradulent-transaction dept.
from the we-have-detected-a-potentially-fradulent-transaction dept.
The UK Tesco Bank was hacked over the weekend. This is a small independent bank that operates partly through its grocery stores. The scale and speed of this attack is such that some experts think that it was via access at admin level, although it seems that only current accounts were affected.
From the BBC website :
Tesco Bank has halted online payments for current account customers after money was taken from 20,000 accounts. The bank's chief executive Benny Higgins told the BBC he was "very hopeful" customers would be refunded within 24 hours. About 40,000 accounts saw suspicious transactions over the weekend, of which half had money taken, he said.
I have an account myself, but I checked this morning and have lost nothing.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 08 2016, @05:37AM
As long as the wankers don't touch my Tesco lemonade [tesco.com].