When two of the world’s biggest tech giants are each duped $100m in a phishing scam, the world takes note.
It’s just been revealed that a Lithuanian man tricked tech companies Google and Facebook into wiring him millions by sending them fraudulent invoices purportedly from a company they work with.
Evaldas Rimasauskas allegedly impersonated Taiwanese company Quanta Computer, which lists Google and Facebook as customers.
They made the payments to his account after being deceived by a phishing scam, a US court has heard. Phishing is an attempt to steal information such as bank or credit card details, user names or passwords, usually with the intention of making money.
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