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Fake Acquisition Scam Uses Forged NDAs to Demand €626,000 Corporate Payment.

Dubbed Phantom Deal, the campaign shows how financially motivated actors can abuse legitimate M&A processes, corporate history […] The post Fake Acquisition Scam Uses Forged NDAs to Demand €626,000 Corporate Payment.

Fake Acquisition Scam Uses Forged NDAs to Demand €626,000 Corporate Payment.

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Dubbed Phantom Deal, the campaign shows how financially motivated actors can abuse legitimate M&A processes, corporate history […] The post Fake Acquisition Scam Uses Forged NDAs to Demand €626,000...

Threat actors impersonated Gen executives and major consulting firms in a targeted business email compromise-style operation that used forged non-disclosure agreements to isolate a legal employee and...

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Dubbed Phantom Deal, the campaign shows how financially motivated actors can abuse legitimate M&A processes, corporate history […] The post Fake Acquisition Scam Uses Forged NDAs to Demand €626,000 Corporate Payment. Threat actors impersonated Gen executives and major consulting firms in a targeted business email compromise-style operation that used forged non-disclosure agreements to isolate a legal employee and pressure the company into transferring €626,735.45 to a Hong Kong entity.

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Threat actors impersonated Gen executives and major consulting firms in a targeted business email compromise-style operation that used forged non-disclosure agreements to isolate a legal employee and pressure the company into transferring €626,735.45 to a Hong Kong entity.

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