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Presenting yourself under a false identity. In the context of e-banking, this means that a third party logs into a financial institution\u2019s site with someone else\u2019s access data and therefore under someone else\u2019s name. This then gives the third party unlimited account access. For the financial institution, it becomes exceedingly difficult to distinguish whether they are communicating with customers themselves, with an intermediary on their behalf, or with a criminal attacker. Impersonation is used in classic-style phishing<\/a> attacks and when third party providers access bank accounts<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Presenting yourself under a false identity. In the context of e-banking, this means that a third party logs into a financial institution\u2019s site with someone else\u2019s access data and therefore under someone else\u2019s name. This then gives the third party unlimited account access. 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