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Remember that $100 million whaling scam?

Google users appear to have been the latest victims of the most recent phishing attack, this time through their file sharing Google Docs service. Victims were sent a sinister email disguised as a fraudulent invitation to edit a Google Doc that appears to come from one of their contacts. The subject line reads “[Contact name]

$100 million whaling scam: A “wake up call” for even the most sophisticated firms.

Last month, the papers reported that two major US technology firms were deceived by Evaldas Rimasauskas, a Lithuanian criminal, into sending him $100 million through an email whaling scam. It has just been confirmed that Google and Facebook were the two companies that were the victims of this scam. The two companies did not confirm

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The Cyber Sentinel

Remember that $100 million whaling scam?

$100 million whaling scam: A “wake up call” for even the most sophisticated firms.

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