The Bank of Thailand (BoT) has rejected a social media post that a man lost money from his bank account when recharging his phone at a public outlet, and instead blamed the loss on a malware attack.
The central bank released a statement on Wednesday in response to a report on the possibility of mobile phone users losing their money through modified charging cables.
The concern about hacking cables surfaced after a Jan 8 post on Facebook by a person using the name Widsanusawan, who claimed he lost 101,560 baht from a bank account when charging his phone at a public outlet.
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