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"A new rootkit is being used to infect 64-bit systems as part of a scheme to steal online banking credentials from users in Brazil."

What does "banking credentials" mean in this sentence? Would the speaker be refering to the account number, credit car number and the pincode?
 

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"A new rootkit is being used to infect 64-bit systems as part of a scheme to steal online banking credentials from users in Brazil."

What does "banking credentials" mean in this sentence? Would the speaker be refering to the account number, credit car number and the pincode?

Confidential data/information would have been a better word.

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Confidential data/information would have been a better word.

not a teacher

I appreciate your advice. I was asking what it meant in the context?
 

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I appreciate your advice. I was asking what it meant in the context?

I think it is a wrong choice of word, probably from the confusion between confidential and credential. Credential means the qualification or achievement of a person.
 

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I think it is a wrong choice of word, probably from the confusion between confidential and credential. Credential means the qualification or achievement of a person.
Not necessarily. It can also be a document that shows the qualities of a person " a teaching credential."

How about this "Within the last several months, the FBI has seen a significant increase in fraud involving the exploitation of valid online banking credentials belonging to small and medium sized businesses."?
 

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Not necessarily. It can also be a document that shows the qualities of a person " a teaching credential."

How about this "Within the last several months, the FBI has seen a significant increase in fraud involving the exploitation of valid online banking credentials belonging to small and medium sized businesses."?

Yes, you are right about qualities. Credit card number and password are also called credentials apparently :)
 

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Yes, you are right about qualities. Credit card number and password are also called credentials apparently :)
Let's see what other people are going to say about this.
 
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