Google and Facebook were victims of Business Email Compromise (BEC) or ‘CEO Fraud’
Google and Facebook have been identified as the victims of an email phishing attack for which a Lithuanian man was charged in March 2017.
The attack relied upon social engineering methods rather than technical intrusion techniques. However, the individual was still able to trick the organisations into transferring over $100 million between 2013-2015, highlighting how cyber-enabled social…
Link: Weekly Threat Report 5th May 2017
Source: NCSC Reports
