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How Wellcome Trust Executives Got Whaled By Oldest Trick In The Fraud Playbook

Posted on December 19, 2018 By Davey Winder

Sometimes two (large organizations) plus two (phishing attacks) can equal zero (security leadership) – cyber math really isn’t that difficult

Both Wellcome Trust and Save The Children have fallen victim to the human hacking tactics of the modern fraudster. One lost nearly $1 million as a result, the other saw attackers gain access to sensitive information by accessing executive emails over a number of months. Both could easily have been prevented…

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