Google and Facebook Are the Two Companies that Got Scammed Out of $100M

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Google and Facebook are the two companies whose employees fell victim to the phishing scheme from March that reportedly scammed people out of $100 million.

Remember a month ago when reports indicated that two tech companies were tricked into paying north of $100 million by a Lithuanian man? Well, it seems those companies are none other than Google and Facebook.

"This case should serve as a wake-up call to all companies - even the most sophisticated - that they too can be victims of phishing attacks by criminals," said the US Attorney at the time.

Evaldas Rimasauskas, the scammer that was indicted by the US, pretended to be a popular Asian computer hardware company by registering his own company in Latvia back in 2014, holding the same name. He then forged emails from employees of the Asian company and started sending invoices to the two US tech... (read more)
 
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