Swedish bank hit by ‘biggest ever’ online heist

Over the last 15 months, Nordea customers have been targeted by emails containing a tailormade Trojan, said the bank. Nordea believes that 250 customers have been affected by the fraud, after falling victim to phishing emails containing the Trojan. According to McAfee, Swedish police believe Russian organised criminals are behind the attacks. Currently, 121 people are suspected of being involved.

I’m not sure what’s more impressive, the fact that a heist was this successful or the fact that the bank quickly repaid it’s customers what they lost. Usually that wouldn’t be such a big deal, but the bank had absolutely no fault… the spammers simply went on a phishing trip. 121 people involved also seems high, but it could result in an easier capture.

Source: ZDNet UK