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Being in the IT business, this is a daily problem with a lot of companies. Someone in company receives fake email spoofing Staples, Comcast, Verizon, Office365, etc.. informing them to click a link. Instead of deleting they click it and long story short are hacked
The hacker now has access to your email, contacts, etc. They then send an email to the controller, accountant spoofing the owners email address ordering them to wire transfer money to a new account. New company vehicle, new investment acct, etc. I've seen it all.

I get a call for these types of hacks weekly. I had 1 client that got hit with this attack, and the lazy controller transferred $286,000 in 2 transactions in 48hr. Instead of walking into the Owners office 10 feet away and saying hey what's up with this, you've never asked me to do this and it's a lot of money he just made the transfers.

I worked with the FBI on this one checking metadata and tracking the origin of the real email behind the spoofed owners email. It was a gmail sent from a VPN in New Mexico traced back to Nigeria. That money is in the wind.


If its not normal or seems suspicious delete it. Better safe than sorry
 
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NOTICE!

Our [email protected] email account has been hacked.

Phishing emails are being sent with statement links

DO NOT OPEN THEM. We are resolving the issue now.

Rest assured that your personal information regarding address and CC info is secure. That is managed on a different system. This is email only.

Whew! I was worried that you really WERE introducing a personally-modeled line of ladies undergarments. That'll teach me to believe everything I read.
 
I work for an international medical device manufacturer and all of our external originating emails get “External email, do not click links or attachments” added to them automatically in big red letters.

Yet still, this shit happens to us... Can’t fix stupid, people.
 
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These electronic crimes should be punishable by death. I cant even begin to wrap my head around how much money is stolen, and how much this costs eveyone in lost productivity and bullshit.
 
Being in the IT business, this is a daily problem with a lot of companies. Someone in company receives fake email spoofing Staples, Comcast, Verizon, Office365, etc.. informing them to click a link. Instead of deleting they click it and long story short are hacked
The hacker now has access to your email, contacts, etc. They then send an email to the controller, accountant spoofing the owners email address ordering them to wire transfer money to a new account. New company vehicle, new investment acct, etc. I've seen it all.

I get a call for these types of hacks weekly. I had 1 client that got hit with this attack, and the lazy controller transferred $286,000 in 2 transactions in 48hr. Instead of walking into the Owners office 10 feet away and saying hey what's up with this, you've never asked me to do this and it's a lot of money he just made the transfers.

I worked with the FBI on this one checking metadata and tracking the origin of the real email behind the spoofed owners email. It was a gmail sent from a VPN in New Mexico traced back to Nigeria. That money is in the wind.


If its not normal or seems suspicious delete it. Better safe than sorry


Unreal....