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

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

That's not what the article is about.

I do agree with Jörg that I didn't follow what the article is describing.
The only common thread seems to be O2 but I've no idea what it is, if
anything, they're being accused of.