The Register reports:
The US says it has shut down a platform used by cybercriminals to break into Americans’ bank accounts.
A law enforcement splash page now appears when trying to reach web3adspanels.org, which supported SEO poisoning campaigns designed to steal people’s bank account credentials.
Criminals would pay for prime slots in search engine results, serving users seemingly legitimate banking websites that were actually fakes. From there, unwitting users entered their passwords, which were dumped into a database, but they would never reach their account.
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