Hackers steal money from Alfa-Bank clients

The Belarus Interior Ministry's IT Crime Task Force has alerted the clients of the Russian payment system Alfa Client On-Line about the web swindlers. The hackers send e-mails on behalf of the bank's management, telling the clients about the need to receive an electronic key allegedly in order to avoid getting blocked from access to the on-line payment system.

The e-mails aim to steal the passwords and personal detals of the clients that use the bank's on-line payment services. The bank said its internal security service was investigating the incident, according to the Interfax news agency.