Duh_Oz said:
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Call it the skeptic in me, but until I read something from three
different sources I don't fully trust a story.
I'm hoping they'll list what kind of malware protection & firewall he
was using, assuming he was using one.
The article never noted from WHERE this guy got the malware. It doesn't
say he got it from the bank. So if bank robbers hit the bank and steal
money then it is the bank's fault for not providing such a high level of
security that it could never have been robbed in the first place (which
would also make the bank unusable or such practices unacceptable to the
bank's patrons)?
Would the customer's bank account be insured under FDIC? From
http://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/information/fdiciorn.html,
"Stolen funds may be covered by what's called a banker's blanket bond,
which is a multi-purpose insurance policy a bank purchases to protect
itself from fire, flood, earthquake, robbery, defalcation, embezzlement
and OTHER CAUSES OF DISAPPEARING FUNDS. The banker's blanket bond
ensures that customers' funds are protected under those circumstances."
Coverage goes up to $100,000 USD so this guy's $90,348 would be covered.
Just because someone sues doesn't require there be merit to their case.
Putting an End to Account-Hijacking Identity Theft
http://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/idtheftstudy/index.html