business e-mail compromise

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business e-mail compromise

crime

Also known as: BEC

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cybercrime
Spam, steganography, and e-mail hacking
…a type of scam called business e-mail compromise (BEC), an e-mail sent to a business appears to be from an executive at another company with which the business is working. In the e-mail, the “executive” asks for money to be transferred into a certain account. The FBI has estimated that…
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…a type of scam called business e-mail compromise (BEC), an e-mail sent to a business appears to be from an executive at another company with which the business is working. In the e-mail, the “executive” asks for money to be transferred into a certain account. The FBI has estimated that…
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