Phone-Scam Hackers Now Target Wall Street’s Biggest Firms
Private equity firms have become the latest target of ransom-seeking hackers who use voice phishing to trick company employees, according to a new Google report. The report withheld the names of the firms targeted. Reuters worked them out by feeding the 72 web addresses Google published into tools like DomainTools and urlscan, which surfaced subdomains The post Phone-Scam Hackers Now Target Wall Street’s Biggest Firms appeared first on BeInCrypto.
Key Takeaways
- Private equity firms have become the latest target of ransom-seeking hackers who use voice phishing to trick company employees, according to a new Google report.
- The report withheld the names of the firms targeted.
- Reuters worked them out by feeding the 72 web addresses Google published into tools like DomainTools and urlscan, which surfaced subdomains The post Phone-Scam Hackers Now Target Wall Street’s Biggest Firms appeared first on BeInCrypto.
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