The Mintz Group just alerted the business community to an online scam that we have been seeing over and over in the past few months: The scammer first targets a company through a sophisticated spear-fishing campaign in order to access the company’s internal systems. Then the scammer typically sends an email to the company’s CFO, pretending to be the company’s CEO or other high-ranking officer, and instructing the CFO to make an urgent wire transfer.
Click here to read Jim Mintz’s expert advisory for Risk Assistance Network + Exchange (RANE) for steps you can take to protect your company.