Reports suggesting the Westpac bank website had been "hijacked" by an overseas "nuisance site" appear to be unsubstantiated.
US-based gaming Web site, The Game Monsters, has been implicated in the latest of round of phishing scams targeting Westpac customers, according to security experts.
Westpac has introduced an on-screen keypad for Internet banking sign-in, in what the bank says is an effort to combat key-stroke logging fraud.
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The online banking system of Westpac was crippled several times and its customers were the target of a phishing attack but the bank has denied the two incidents were related.
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Phishing complaints from Westpac customers have massively declined since the height of the hoax last year, according to the bank.
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