16,000 computers in Japan may have virus to steal bank IDs

An estimated 16,000 computers in Japan may be infected with the same type of virus used to commit online bank fraud involving stolen user IDs and passwords, according to a police source.
The National Police Agency said it handled around 600 confirmed cases of unauthorized money transfers from 2011 through last month. Investigators suspect a single group may be responsible for many of the roughly 400 cases reported so far this year. The virus, which has been spreading since early this year, is even capable of stealing one-time passwords that are issued by financial institutions for use in a single transaction. The computers may have been infected when their owners accessed certain websites, according to investigators.

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