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FBI: Online banking attacks reach the $100 million mark

In an intelligence note, FBI officials say a mix of banking Trojans and phishing attacks has plagued victims - mainly public institutions and small and midsize businesses - to the tune of $100 million in attempted losses as of October.

In an intelligence note released earlier this week by the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), the FBI said that it is seeing several new complaints opened every week as cyber-criminals continue to up the ante. Many of the victims are small and midsize businesses, as well as court systems, schools and other public institutions, authorities said.

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