FG warns about new strategies used by hackers to access bank cards

THE Federal Government has warned Nigerians of new strategies by cybercriminals including the use of telegrams bots and google forms to perfect phishing.

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) gave the warning on Friday, May 14, 2021, through a statement placed on its official Twitter handle.

The NITDA, in its statement said that cybercriminals make use of free email services to obtain data of victims and then gain access to the data of linked bank cards.

The statement reads, “Hackers use legitimate services such as Google Forms and Telegram to obtain user data stolen during phishing attacks.

“Various ready-to-go platforms which are available on the darknet are used to manage the entire process of the phishing attack and keep financial records linked to them. Such platforms are distributed under the cybercrime-as-a-service model, which subsequently leads to more groups conducting attacks.

“Cybercriminals mainly resort to free email services to obtain data of victims (all info harvested on phishing websites is automatically sent) and gain access to the data of linked bank cards.”