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Lawsuit over bank's responsibility for credential theft. Customer lost.
by
just_someguy
on 03/07/2011, 02:15:12 UTC
I'm surprised I haven't seen this discussed here but there was a lawsuit recently where a customer's stolen credentials were used to transfer large sums of money from a bank.

The bank refused to cover the customer's losses so the customer sued and lost.

Short version: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/06/bank-ach-theft/
Details: http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/articles.php?art_id=3705&opg=1

Its possible there will be more of a move toward this in the industry.

One of the complaints about bitcoin has been that unlike a bank when your money is stolen you have no recourse.

If this case starts to set a wider precedent that could no longer be a valid argument.