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Attack Date: March 8, 2022
Employee Impersonation Payroll Diversion BEC Attack
This text-based BEC attack impersonates an employee using display name spoofing and a free webmail account to divert payroll deposits to a fraudulent account.
Email Content
Subject
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Hi [Recipient Name],
This is to notify you that am having issues with my current bank
account on file, I want to update my new bank account details before
payroll is process.
What details do you need?
Sincerely ,
[Impersonated Employee Name]
[Impersonated Employee Title]