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Hackers have defaced one of the government’s websites to tackle crime in an attempt to steal the bank account details of up to 20milion people. They effectively disabled the Home Office’s ‘crime reduction’ website last Sunday by superimposing on it a web page from Poste, an Italian bank, for about 12 hours. Posing as the bank, the hackers then emailed millions of its customers and instructed them to visit and use the page to enter their details as part of an account update. Poste was not immediately available to comment, though one former hacker said the attempted fraud seemed more of an attack on the Home Office than the bank. “This seems to be hackers sticking two fingers up at the government,” Jacques Erasmus, a security expert told the Mail on Sunday. Given the irony of hacking a website aimed at curbing crime, observers said it was like having ‘a mugger in the local police station.’ The Home Office has reportedly responded to last Sunday’s breach by undertaking a review of website security. Jun 9, 2008 Email this article Printer friendly page Previous Page
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