The Bank of Thailand (BoT) denied a claim made on social media that a man lost money from his bank account after recharging his phone at a public outlet. BoT believes the theft occurred because the man was a victim of a malware attack.
Police also attributed the theft to malware, stating that the user had downloaded an unsafe dating app called “sweet meet.”
The central bank issued a statement yesterday regarding the potential for mobile phone users to lose money through modified charging cables, reported Bangkok Post.
Wisanusan Sam-pok revealed in a Facebook post on Sunday that 101,560 baht mysteriously disappeared from his bank account. Wisanusan said he did not use the phone other than to charge it in public.
A BoT-Thai Bankers’ Association conducted an investigation and found that malware had infiltrated the man’s phone and tricked him into installing an illegal…
