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On 2025-03-06 16:37, Brian Gregory wrote:
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> On 06/03/2025 13:54, Java Jive wrote:
>>
>> But how would they know which banks, savings accounts, etc, to target 
>> without additional information?
> 
> They're hackers after money. They are not lazy. They try them one by 
> one. Why would you think they wouldn’t bother to do that?

Doesn't sound likely to me, they want the money, but they wouldn't want 
to take unnecessary risks of getting caught, and randomly trying banks 
and financial organisations without the necessary identifying 
information such as account numbers would likely fail, and perhaps cause 
the police to be contacted.

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