Kenyan British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) journalist Ferdinand Omondi has revealed how hackers siphoned money from his bank account without his knowledge.
Taking to social media, Omondi was perplexed that strangers could access his bank account despite having all his credit cards by his side.
He disclosed that hackers managed to access two of his credit cards at the same time and transferred Ksh10, 000 from his account.
“So. Hackers hit my two credit cards. From different banks. At the same time. And then my debit card was hit a few days later. Had the cards with me, never lost them. Someone tell me how this could happen [sic],” part of his tweet read.
“I am getting new cards, but now so paranoid I haven’t renewed my Itunes or Netflix subscriptions, because I can’t figure out what happened. Visa keeps saying the new cards are secure…” he posted.
In another scheme, mobile money users receive an anonymous message on a certain transaction accompanied by a link.
Once they click on the link, they unknowingly install a malware that harvests login information and passwords. Hackers are then able to gain access to the account and empty it.