Scary Data Has Been Revealed: Hungarian Bank Customers Are Being Robbed with New Tricks
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Online fraudsters are increasingly targeting bank customers themselves instead of technological attacks, primarily by trying to obtain money through phishing and psychological manipulation. Although bank protection systems filter out most of the attempts, due to the constantly changing tricks and methods based on urgency, user awareness and caution are essential for successful defense, Erste Bank said at a press conference.
In just one half-year, there were nearly 21,000 attempts to harm Erste Bank customers, with criminals seeking a total of almost HUF 7 billion. Although the financial institution's security systems successfully blocked around 80 percent of the fraud attempts, saving nearly HUF 6 billion, international fraud networks are using increasingly unscrupulous and sophisticated methods.
Erste's customers were hit by nearly 21,000 fraud attempts in six months, worth almost 7 billion forints. The bank saved 6 billion.
Nearly 21 thousand attempts were made to obtain money from Erste customers in the first half of 2026, and the amount of attempted fraud approached 7 billion forints. According to the bank, attackers are increasingly looking for technical weaknesses in payment systems, and are more likely to try to exploit customers' trust. About 80 percent of the fraud attempts were prevented, leaving almost 6 billion forints with customers. Pénzcentrum also par…
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