Editor's Note: As I've mentioned in past posts, the threat of "cloned bank websites" looms large and HomeATM can eliminate this threat by allowing banks to enable their customers to "log-in" to their website with our PCI 2.0 Certified PIN Entry Device. If it is a cloned site, they won't have the key to dekrypt the encrypted data and therefore log-in will fail. On the flip-side, if they continue with "Username/Password" log-in, these cloned websites will successfully fool bank customers into providing their log-in credentials, which helps no one but the hackers. Hackers imitate websites of Russian banks / MosNews.com
Hackers imitate websites of Russian banks
The Central Bank of Russia has issued a warning that websites have appeared on the Internet that imitate those of several Russian credit organizations, Lenta.ru reports. The sites use addresses similar to those of the organizations they imitate but provide false information about them.
The national bank warns that entering (translation: "typing") personal information on those sites could lead to negative consequences for the client and the bank.
To combat the false websites, the Central Bank has posted a list of correct Internet addresses for Russian banks on its website.
Editor's Note: And I'm sure that ALL their customers will pour over that list with great attention prior to logging-on to their online banking accounts, thereby ensuring that these "cloned bank websites" are not successful...
The website of the Central Bank of Russia now contains 1040 Internet addresses of 880 Russian banks. There are over 1000 banks operating in Russia at present.
