Interfax-China reports that "Jiangming Technology, a leading Chinese anti-virus software company, has discovered a new virus named Wangyin Dadao (Online Bank robber), which can steal passwords from online banking systems... To date, this Trojan virus has infiltrated only the online banking system of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC). Once a customer inputs their account password through the online banking system, the virus sends an email to an unknown party, which contains the customer's account information and password. 'We can say that it is possible for a person who uses the online banking system to lose all of the money in their account as a result of this virus,' Tao Shulong, an official from the Planning Department of Jiangming Technology, told Interfax in an interview. 'And, there is still the possibility that other banks could become infected by the same virus.'
"According to Tao, Jiangming received a sample of this new virus on April 11, at which time the company deconstructed it. However, a second version of the virus was discovered on April 18, which has also been subsequently deconstructed by Jiangming. 'From what we have seen, it seems that the maker of this virus has a good understanding of online financial systems,' Tao furthered..."