Cybercrime Inc.
The maddening thing is, the person in accounting did exactly what they were supposed to do after receiving an email purportedly from their chief financial officer asking them to transfer tens of thousands of dollars to a different account. “They called the CFO to make sure the email was accurate,” got the OK and made […]
Cyberwar zone
Earlier this year, Kwabena Konadu received a call from one of the small businesses he advises on IT and cybersecurity. The company’s chief financial officer had received an email from a purported ethical hacker — cyberspeak for “good guy” — who had found the official’s username and password for accessing company data on the dark […]