Hack Day: Who do you think you are?

Jonathan Swift

Have you ever considered how simple it is for your executives to be impersonated online? Our hacker Swifty reveals how it is done.

Have you heard of executive impersonation fraud? You are just about to because I’ve found a way through your systems to impersonate your chief investment officer.

Why him? Going for CEOs and finance directors is too obvious but some less high profile senior exec but with the authority to authorise some very large transactions that only a few people really understand is a really good target.

The biggest challenge was hacking into your email system but a few careless uses of log-ins and

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