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In Banks’ Watch for Cybercrime, Smoke Usually Means Big Fire
By Kieran Beer
printIf you detect even one case of cybercrime at your bank, it's likely that you've only begun to uncover a larger cyberattack, according to panelists at an anti-money laundering conference. "Look for the collusive network" because "it involves a lot of work to take over one account and, well, usually it's not just one account," said Andrew Hodges, who is responsible for the anti-fraud strategy at Capital One Bank, during a panel at the 2012 BSA Coalition Anti-Money Laundering Conference hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond last week. Cybercriminals often attack a bank on several fronts to affect...
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