A security flaw at Halifax and Bank of Scotland would have allowed anyone exploiting the loophole to be able to view a customer's bank, savings, credit card or loan details online. The risk was discovered last week by MoneySavingExpert, which allowed the banks time to fix the flaw first before announcing it publicly. It is not clear how many customers were affected but
A security flaw at Halifax and Bank of Scotland would have allowed anyone exploiting the loophole to be able to view a customer's bank, savings, credit card or loan details online. The risk was discovered last week by MoneySavingExpert, which allowed the banks time to fix the flaw first before announcing it publicly. Lloyds, who owns the banks, said they were taking it "extremely seriously", and there had not yet been any instances of fraud from customers affected by the issue.