As most of money in the world is digital anyways, Why can’t people fake transactions to a Bank account or just add one or two zeros to the balance? What makes online banking so safe that this doesnt work?
Most of even well guarded things have been hacked in the past, so i would imagine it’s at least possible?
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It’s *extremely* difficult to do without insider information on the bank internal systems (what servers, which interactions), internal controls (what automated checks ? Where ? When ?). If you intend to transfer money out of the bank to another account in a different bank there are several intermediaries with little trust in each others so a ton of controls you need to know about, and you leave traces everywhere.
There are much easier scams to run for easier and more than enough profits.
Like any burglar, hackers are going for the easy, quick win targets.
People are mentioning some previous bank hacks here but it’s just ATM spitting out their cash, not an actual bank hack.
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