Business Bank Account Hacked! :frown

[schindler]

Yesterday night i noticed that 7K has been wiped off from Cater Allen business bank account.The hacker had done it yesterday which thankfully was noted by me on the same day and had alerted the bank.

The bank have called and confirmed that the money will be paid back and will launch an investigation.The money has been paid into a beneficiary name called as 'Sagitas savickas' which when googled points to some lithuanian websites.I have never visted dodgy looking websites nor have opend unknown emails in the near past as far as i can remember.I have o2 as my ISP and have Macafee antivirus and firewall running.

Has anyone faced similar situation? I am sure online banking fraud is becoming a common occurrence thesedays,but how do these fellows manage to gain access to the bank accounts.I do everything in the book to secure the PC and accounts and still it happens...

[xoggoth]

No, but as I said last year I was paying somebody's mortgage from my business reserve account for a few months. It certainly pays to check everything at regular intervals, even savings accounts that you rarely use and which have no associated debit cards or cheque books.

[Liability]

more than likely internal to be honest...and the information gets sold and thats all it takes.

[denver2k]

Yesterday night i noticed that 7K has been wiped off from Cater Allen business bank account.The hacker had done it yesterday which thankfully was noted by me on the same day and had alerted the bank.

The bank have called and confirmed that the money will be paid back and will launch an investigation.The money has been paid into a beneficiary name called as 'Sagitas savickas' which when googled points to some lithuanian websites.I have never visted dodgy looking websites nor have opend unknown emails in the near past as far as i can remember.I have o2 as my ISP and have Macafee antivirus and firewall running.

Has anyone faced similar situation? I am sure online banking fraud is becoming a common occurrence thesedays,but how do these fellows manage to gain access to the bank accounts.I do everything in the book to secure the PC and accounts and still it happens...

It happened with myself and my mate's Personal accounts. And someone hacked and used my Barclaycard for some dodgy online transactions 4-5 years ago.

At least, Its good to get your money back ....

[schindler]

more than likely internal to be honest...and the information gets sold and thats all it takes.

Thats what I thought so and now thinking of opening business account with other banks and spread the money around,so that even if it happens again and the money is not recoverable the damage is minimal....what free business bank account would the members suggest? abbey,A&L seem to offer free accounts.Had a free one with HSBC but shut down after the free period and they refused to extend the free period any longer!

[blacjac]

Thats what I thought so and now thinking of opening business account with other banks and spread the money around,so that even if it happens again and the money is not recoverable the damage is minimal....what free business bank account would the members suggest? abbey,A&L seem to offer free accounts.Had a free one with HSBC but shut down after the free period and they refused to extend the free period any longer!

HSBC now do a permenantly fee free business current account for companies with a turnover < 500k.

No interest on it though.

[Incognito]

Here's some advice, don't touch anything with the word 'Abbey' in it. Three months after locking me out of my business online banking, there are two accounts now showing instead of one, my debit card has been cancelled for some unkown reason and they're unable to issue me a new one or my last four months company statements as they don't have a copy of my signature on file???

HSBC account is in the final process of being set up. Oh, and you can pop into any branch instead of dealing with the monkeys at the other end of the phone with regards to Abbey.

[Durbs]

HSBC now do a permenantly fee free business current account for companies with a turnover < 500k.

No interest on it though.

Do they???? I'm with HSBC and pay for the privilege. Can feel a phone call coming on.

[KentPhilip]

Here's some advice, don't touch anything with the word 'Abbey' in it. Three months after locking me out of my business online banking, there are two accounts now showing instead of one, my debit card has been cancelled for some unkown reason and they're unable to issue me a new one or my last four months company statements as they don't have a copy of my signature on file???

HSBC account is in the final process of being set up. Oh, and you can pop into any branch instead of dealing with the monkeys at the other end of the phone with regards to Abbey.

I'm with Abbey and never had any problems with them. And they pay interest.

Maybe they just don't like you

[lambrini_socialist]

scary. only today i noticed someone helping themselves to 2 x £150 from my current account via my debit card - must have got skimmed some time over the weekend...got it sorted though...