VietNamNet Bridge – Theft of bank account details from Yahoo Messenger users has risen markedly over the last two months, according to Bkav Internet Security Corporation.



Nguyen Minh Duc, head of Internet Security at Bkav, said hackers used various strategies to get users of the instant messaging system to reveal their bank account details.


The company said hackers often pretended to be family members to get chat users to reveal private information.

Meanwhile, Yahoo! on Tuesday launched Yahoo! Safely Viet Nam website at http://vn.safely.yahoo.com to help Internet users make safe and smarter choices online.


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