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Citibank Deals with Spoofing on Home Page

By Jim Bruene on September 11, 2003 12:14 PM

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The fake Citibank email (below) fooled so many users that the bank took the unusual step of posting a warning on its home page (screenshot left). Last month, Absa Bank did the same thing, to educate customers about the keylogging security breach at the South African bank.

Fake Citibank email.
(Source: Bankers Online, 8/18/03)  www.bankersonline.com/operations/custserv_infosec.html

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