UK bank hit by massive phishing attack

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Customers of Barclays Bank have been alerted to a range of phishing emails designed to steal online banking details.

Antivirus company Panda Software has identified 61 variants of spoofed emails targeting Barclays customers.

Panda said that 64 per cent of the phishing messages it has detected in the past few hours were aimed at the UK bank.

The rush of spoof emails has pushed the number of overall phishing attacks up by 30 per cent.

"The false emails are designed to appear as if they have been sent from Barclays' customer services, with the subject field chosen at random from a list of options," said a statement from Panda Software.....

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