http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/business/14703801.htm Associated Press May. 31, 2006 MAPLEWOOD, Minn. - Premier Banks says there is no evidence so far that hackers stole and used consumer data when they diverted customers from Premier's Web site to a phony site that asked for customers' personal data. President Mark Novitski said the Web site was immediately shut down after a customer reported the problem. Maplewood-based Premier Banks, which operates 22 branches, was among more than 100 banks across the nation that were affected when hackers gained access to a server operated by Goldleaf Technologies Inc. of Brentwood, Tenn., on Thursday. Goldleaf is host to Web sites mostly for smaller community banks. Customers who tried to gain access to the sites were redirected to a phony Web site that asked for a user name and password. If a customer entered them, the site then asked for credit card and ATM personal-identification numbers. Goldleaf spokesman Scott Meyerhoff said the security breach affected about 150 to 175 bank Web sites for anywhere from a minute to an hour and a half. He said the breach was the first in the company's history. Premier Banks notified the FBI and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and plans to send letters to its customers about the incident, advising them to change their online passwords, Novitski said. "The crooks are getting smarter," Novitski said. "It's a never-ending struggle." Novitski said the phony Web page fortunately didn't look like the bank's Web site. But he said he couldn't be sure how many customers may have entered information on the fake Web page. If the phony Premier Bank Web site had looked convincing, more of the bank's customers would have given up their data, said Ted Crooks, vice president of global fraud solutions for Minneapolis-based Fair Isaac Corp., which designs anti-fraud software for banks. _________________________________ Attend the Black Hat Briefings and Training, Las Vegas July 29 - August 3 2,500+ international security experts from 40 nations, 10 tracks, no vendor pitches. www.blackhat.com
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