Cyber crime suddenly âvery seriousâ after banking institutions become victims
With cyber criminals turning their attention away from members of the public to banking institutions, the situation has officially become âseriousâ according to reports. Up to 100 banks and financial institutions worldwide have been attacked in an âunprecedented cyber robberyâ which is now far more important than when someone used your credit card online that time. IT Security expert Simon Williams told us,Â âThere is a big difference between a little old lady downloading a virus which logs all her keystrokes, allowing someone to access her bank account and nick her pension â and some executive at a bank losing a bonus because of a cyber crime.â âA massive planetary sized difference. Iâm trying to think of a nice way of saying it, but basically no-one gives a shit if cyber-criminals are nicking a few quid from the poor people.â âBut this is a million quid. From rich people. Which will affect bonuses and quarterly earning projections.â âThis shit just got real, trust me.â The cyber criminals themselves have spoken online about the change in focus in their victim selection. Cyber criminal Kasper James wrote, âNo-one really minded us fleecing the public for a few quid here and there, because basically itâs what every bank and business is already trying to do.â âBut you âdonât eat your ownâ, apparently. Thatâs what the banks said when we took their money.â âThey said that apparently thereÂ is no honour amongst thieves.â âI do feel like we might have poked the bear this time though âÂ one bank actually said âdonât you know who we areâ â like it was supposed to frighten us.â âIt worked.â