Customer target banks hacking – Mad Money

CGD, Novo Banco and Montepio say that these situations are common and resemble the recommendations published on the internet

Portuguese banks ensure that computer systems” are very safe “
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Several customers of CGD [CGD), the New Bank and Montepio were surprised since Friday with phishing attacks, an attempt at data collection via e-mail confirmed the three institutions Live Money.

Behind the message “customer support” lies a electronic fraud where hackers call for update card Matrix , or the security key for payments over the internet. By clicking, clients are referred to fake pages that collect personal data. Banks, remember, so the safety tips to avoid being caught in these situations.

The institutions, first of all, remember that update of personal data is never made by of email . “Customers should use the recommendations available on the website of the CGD,” recalls official source of public bank. The New Bank, indicating “minor complaints” from customers, recalls that “are recurrent cases of phishing. He adds that the Portuguese systems” are very safe “ and that for” most of home banking operations, confirmation, beyond the matrix card, is also made by mobile phone message. “

The suspect messages that threaten the inhibition of contracts or accounts if a customer responds not quickly with confidential data, is one of the warnings left by banks.