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Cyber criminals are stealing smaller sums of money but from more people in an effort to avoid detection, a report warns today.
The change in tactics means online thieves are taking as little as £10, which may go unnoticed, from hundreds of thousands of accounts at a time.
The Royal United Services Institute (Rusi) think-tank said the method, dubbed silent stealing , involves fewer risks than grabbing large sums and amounted to cyber crime going downmarket .
One expert quoted in the report said: Yes, trying to steal £10million from a bank is an option, but stealing £10 a hundred thousand times is going to give you a good return and probably go below the radar.