Wow. A Belgian bank had a botched upgrade that left customers unable to use online banking.
The bank posted FAQs to its website which, shockingly, said the bank could handle extremely urgent financial transfer requests if customers would email the bank!
Uh, say what?
Scammers wasted no time on this one—and a phishing frenzy ensued.
The bank has 1.4 million customers, and The Register has the complete write-up:
"On Thursday, one of the FAQs on the bank's temporary landing page was ridiculed by Twitter users. Customers who urgently needed to transfer money and who were unable to visit a bank branch were advised to email the bank with as subject 'dringende overschrijving' (urgent transfer) and include the details of the transaction to be carried out as an attachment.
The bank first insisted it 'remained vigilant' and would verify every transaction by telephone but withdrawn the advice later on Thursday."
