42244 1 3 econsultancy_xml <p>But the figures show that online fraud is on the rise, with £33.5m stolen from online bank accounts in the UK - a rise of 44% from 2005's figure of £23.2m. </p> <p>The number of <a href="/blog/652-massive-increase-in-phishing-attacks-claims-fsa">phishing attacks</a> also rose sharply - in 2005 the number of reported attacks was 1,173; last year the figure was a massive 14,156. </p> <p>This figure includes attacks via links to spoofed sites, as well as attacks using malware, such as the recent attack on <a href="/blog/740-swedish-bank-loses-1-1m-to-online-fraud">Swedish bank Nordea, when fraudsters stole £570,000.</a></p> <p> <a href="mailto:blog@e-consultancy.com">blog@e-consultancy.com</a> </p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph>But the figures show that online fraud is on the rise, with £33.5m stolen from online bank accounts in the UK - a rise of 44% from 2005's figure of £23.2m. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>The number of <Link URL="/blog/652-massive-increase-in-phishing-attacks-claims-fsa" Window="New">phishing attacks</Link> also rose sharply - in 2005 the number of reported attacks was 1,173; last year the figure was a massive 14,156. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>This figure includes attacks via links to spoofed sites, as well as attacks using malware, such as the recent attack on <Link URL="/blog/740-swedish-bank-loses-1-1m-to-online-fraud" Window="New">Swedish bank Nordea, when fraudsters stole £570,000.</Link></Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Link URL="mailto:blog@e-consultancy.com" Window="New">blog@e-consultancy.com</Link> </Paragraph> </FormattedContent> 2007-03-14T16:50:00+00:00 1 1 econsultancy_xml <p> <strong>Online fraud figures released yesterday by <a href="http://www.apacs.org.uk/index.html">APACS</a>, the UK payments association, show a 44% rise in online banking fraud last year.</strong> </p> <p>Offline credit card fraud at UK retailers fell by 47% to a total of £72.1m, from 2005's figure of £135.9m, thanks largely to the introduction of chip and pin.</p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph> <Emphasis>Online fraud figures released yesterday by <Link URL="http://www.apacs.org.uk/index.html" Window="New">APACS</Link>, the UK payments association, show a 44% rise in online banking fraud last year.</Emphasis> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>Offline credit card fraud at UK retailers fell by 47% to a total of £72.1m, from 2005's figure of £135.9m, thanks largely to the introduction of chip and pin.</Paragraph> </FormattedContent> false 924 362861 Online banking fraud on the rise false 2007-03-15T11:00:00+00:00 online-banking-fraud-on-the-rise 2009-04-28T22:44:46+01:00 2009-04-28T22:44:46+01:00 179