[LINK] NAB Bank Scam Shut Down fast

[Adam Todd]

At 11:41 9/02/2005 +1100, Stewart Carter wrote:
>At 10:04 AM 9/02/2005, yAdam T posted an SMH report on yet another 
>phishing attack against an
>Australian bank.
>
>Which prompts me to once again marvel at the Australian banks apparent 
>ability, within perhaps 24 hours or so
>of the phishing email being received by a customer, to both identity the 
>actual location of the offending web-site and have it closed down.

Easy.  MONEY.  When fiscal losses to multinational's are at hand, anything 
can be done instantly.

If you are Joe Blow with a problem, you are left to sort it out yourself.

Politics.

>I really wonder how our banks do that. It appears to happen very quickly, 
>even when the host ISP is in China or Korea.

Diplomatic issues :)  No one wants there Aid cut back.