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Written question asked by Lord Maginnis of Drumglass (Independent Ulster Unionist) on Monday, 29 October 2018, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 12 November 2018. It was answered by Lord Bates (Conservative) on Monday, 12 November 2018 on behalf of the Treasury.


Bank Services: Hacking

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government how much money UK banks have reported as having been stolen from customer accounts through hacking in each of the last three financial years.

Answer

UK Finance collects voluntary information on fraudulent transactions in the finance sector, which is published on their website.

Gross losses from unauthorised fraudulent transactions going back to 2012 have been published in UK Finance’s “2017 Annual Fraud Update”.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL11091
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Bank services Theft Hacking
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk