The Twitter account of Bank of Melbourne was compromised last Wednesday, and was used to spread phishing links as direct messages to the account followers, according to reports coming in from affected users.
Followers of the bank's Twitter page were sent direct messages encouraging them to click on a link designed to fraudulently acquire their Twitter user name and password.
BusinessDay understands that the messages were sent to only a small proportion of its nearly 800 Twitter followers, but the exact number was unknown.
At around 6.30pm yesterday Bank of Melbourne tweeted “ATTN: Unauthorised DMs sent bw 4-5pm today, do not click link. No customer/personal data compromised. Apologies for the inconvenience. ^TT”, in response to several complaints from its followers.
At around 6.30pm yesterday Bank of Melbourne tweeted “ATTN: Unauthorised DMs sent bw 4-5pm today, do not click link. No customer/personal data compromised. Apologies for the inconvenience. ^TT”, in response to several complaints from its followers.
After apologising to customers, the bank assured them: 'Thanks for all your support. We take security very seriously & will be strengthening our policies to further protect our social channels
The Westpac-owned Melbourne bank said no customer accounts were compromised.
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