http://www.thestandard.com/news/2009/10/27/internet-phone-systems-become-fraudsters-tool

[Howell, Paul]

At
http://www.thestandard.com/news/2009/10/27/internet-phone-systems-become
-fraudsters-tool

Cybercriminals have found a new launching pad for their scams: the phone
systems of small and medium-sized businesses across the U.S.

In recent weeks, they have hacked into dozens of telephone systems
across the country, using them as a way to contact unsuspecting bank
customers and trick them into divulging their bank account numbers and
passwords.

The victims typically bank with smaller regional institutions, which
typically have fewer resources to detect scams. Scammers hack into phone
systems and then call victims, playing prerecorded messages that say
there has been a billing error or warn them that the bank account has
been suspended because of suspicious activity. If the worried customer
enters his account number and ATM password, the bad guys use that
information to make fake debit cards and empty their victim's bank
accounts.

[...]


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