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U.S. DoD tricked into paying $23.5 million to phishing actor

Posted on May 3, 2022 by Dissent

Bill Toulas reports:

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has announced the conviction of Sercan Oyuntur, 40, resident of California, for multiple counts relating to a phishing operation that caused $23.5 million in damages to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).

The fraudster managed to divert to his personal bank account DoD funds destined for a jet fuel supplier.

Read more at BleepingComputer


Related:

  • Victims of W-2 phishing scams (2017 list)
  • Audit of the Department of Defense’s Controls on Health Information of Well-Known Department of Defense Personnel (DODIG-2021-106)
  • "I'm Not Pro-Russia and I'm Not a Terrorist!" —- InfraGard and Airbus Hacker “USDoD” Unveils His New Campaigns
  • 74 Arrested in Coordinated International Enforcement Operation Targeting Hundreds of Individuals in Business Email Compromise Schemes
  • Yet more phishing-based compromises involving W-2 tax statement data (Update-24)
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