KnowBe4 - American Nikkei Employee Falls For Social Engineering Scam And Loses 29 Million Dollars

Social Engineering on the Mechanism of Metal Gears.

Phil Muncaster at InfoSec Mag had the (painful) scoop: "Media giant Nikkei has become the latest firm to suffer a humiliating Business Email Compromise (BEC), after it admitted losing $29m to scammers following human error.



from KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training Blog https://blog.knowbe4.com/american-nikkei-employee-falls-for-social-engineering-scam-and-loses-29-million-dollars

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