5th December 2014
A new report from the U.S. Treasury Department found that a majority of bank account takeovers by cyberthieves over the past decade might have been thwarted had affected institutions known to look for and block transactions coming through Tor, a global communications network that helps users maintain anonymity by obfuscating their true location online.
The findings come in a non-public report obtained by KrebsOnSecurity that was produced by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a Treasury Department bureau responsible for collecting and analyzing data about financial transactions to combat domestic and international money laundering, terrorist financing and other financial crimes.
http://krebsonsecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/fincen-bsa-600x541.pngTables from the FinCEN report.
Full Article - http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/12/treasury-dept-tor-a-big-source-of-bank-fraud/
Treasury Dept: Tor a Big Source of Bank Fraud
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