Re: Mobile banking: alarm as fraudsters take over handsets and raid accounts

On Sat, 13 Jul 2024 14:42:31 +0100, Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk>
wrote:

Jörg Lorenz wrote:
>

The article is extremely unspecific how the accounts/mobiles were taken
over. Not very helpful.

>
Snatch the unlocked phone from the user's hands.  Bonus points if they
can trick the owner into unlocking it, and then snatching it

Or kidnap the owner and torture them till they reveal the passwords.

I don't have a banking app on my phone, partly for that reason, and
partly because there's no room.


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