French bank accounts targeted by Russian virus gangs

Friday, 10 February 2006, 1:42 AM EST

Russian criminal gangs have used sophisticated virus programs to steal more than £600,000 from personal bank accounts across France.

The fraud was uncovered after police arrested a dozen Russian gang members and several Ukrainians in Moscow and St Petersburg, according to a report in the Guardian.

At ComputerWeekly.

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