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Finnish police closed on investigation on Tuesday after arresting 17 people suspected of involvement in a banking Trojan scam used to siphon off hundreds of thousands of euros held in accounts with Nordea Bank. The alleged perpetrators, from Estonia and Finland, attempted to steal €1.2m through a series of over 100 false …

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  1. Steven Roper
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    Well - String 'em up.

    Hang 'em high.

    CH-Click...HOCK! HOOOORRRAAAAAAYYYYY!

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  2. Anonymous John

    Phinnish police close in on phishing Trojan gang

    Phixed it for you.

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  3. Anonymous Coward
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    Misspelled

    First the name is Mikko Hypponen, then Hyponnen.

    Both are a bit wrong, as the name really is Mikko Hyppönen. But as computers, and americans can't handle ¨, Hypponen might be acceptable version.

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  4. Anonymous Coward
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    Pretty impressive

    The bank uses an 8-digit PIN plus one time pad to login. Transfers have to be confirmed using a separate mechanism. It appears to be a pretty solid mechanism.

    The details of the trojan would be interesting. It appears users neglected to check that SSL encryption was in place.

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