Business Email Compromise (BEC), Email Security & Protection, Email Threat Protection, has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison for his leadership role in a business email compromise scheme that netted $4.2 million from 13 victims over a two-year period. The group actually attempted to take as much as $11 million during this time, according to the U.S. Justice Department and the Secret Service. “We are seeing an increasing trend in BEC attacks where hackers take over legitimate accounts,” says Lior Gavish.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/maryland-man-sentenced-for-leading-42-million-bec-scheme-a-12335