German police identified a gang that stole €4M via phishing attacks
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Germany’s Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) arrested an individual (24) suspected of having stolen €4,000,000 from internet users via phishing attacks along with a two accomplices who are suspected.
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The police recommend internet users never click on links or open file attachments in emails that appear to be from the bank and urge them to perform some action.
German police arrested one individual suspected of having stolen €4 million from users via large-scale phishing campaigns.
There, the phishing victims were asked to enter their login data and a current TAN, which in turn enabled the fraudsters to see all the data in the account of the respective victim – including the amount of credit and availability.
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The phishing emails were informing the recipients of changes in the bank’s security system and asked them to click on an embedded link that redirected them to a landing page that asked them to enter their credentials and TAN (transaction authentication number).
The phishing campaigns were conducted between October 3, 2020, and May 29, 2021, the gang sent to the victims messaging posing as coming from German banks.
Once obtained the credentials and TAN code, crooks were able to access the victims online banking accounts and withdraw funds.
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