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title: "Banking Trojan uses Fernando Alonso as bait - Ventas de Seguridad"
description: "The latest news for Latin American integrators, contractors and wholesalers in electronic security."
url: "https://www.ventasdeseguridad.com/en/news/latest-news/432-technology/13624-banking-trojan-uses-fernando-alonso-as-bait.html"
date: "2026-07-23T03:05:49+00:00"
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---

#  [ Banking Trojan uses Fernando Alonso as bait](https://www.ventasdeseguridad.com/en/news/latest-news/432-technology/13624-banking-trojan-uses-fernando-alonso-as-bait.html " Banking Trojan uses Fernando Alonso as bait")

      Details     21 August 2008           *![](https://www.ventasdeseguridad.com/images/stories/12-05/vds12-5-noti-troyano-bancar.jpg)* *Hackers have used* the popularity of the Spanish Formula One driver to distribute a fake message with a built-in Trojan that steals passwords and other bank details of a major Spanish financial institution. According to the Spanish company Panda Security, the news designed as if it were extracted from the newspaper El País, contains a link that invites you to download the video of the accident. If the user clicks on the *link*, he will download a copy of the Banker.LGC Trojan on his computer. Luis Corrons, technical director of PandaLabs, describes the strategy as a silent technique of "social engineering", which uses baits to obtain economic benefits by infecting as many computers as possible.      ###  No comments

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