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Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Complete Win, Secured Early, for Payment Processor and Sponsor Bank in Business Email Compromise Fight

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As we have previously explored, litigation involving account takeovers (“ATOs”) and business email compromise (“BEC”) fraud have produced a muddled legal landscape. As between payors and intended payees, courts have tended to...more

A&O Shearman

Business email compromise and invoice fraud – a duty of care on the innocent?

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The Western Australian District Court’s recent decision in Mobius Group Pty Ltd v Inoteq Pty Ltd1 highlights the potential consequence for the innocent party where fraudulent changes in bank details are sent from their...more

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[Webcast Transcript] Anatomy of a Business Email Compromise

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Editor’s Note: This webcast brings together some of HaystackID’s top experts to dissect the intricacies of Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks—a rapidly growing threat impacting organizations globally. During the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Threat Groups Using Translation Tools in Phishing Attacks

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It used to be that one of the sure ways to identify a phishing email was to notice grammatical errors or broken English in the text of the communication. Thanks to new translation tools like Google Translate, that are...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Business Email Compromise: Protect Your Company From This Common Scam

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Between 2016 and 2019, Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams cost American organizations US$3.1 billion in losses and Canadian organizations US$33.6 million. This type of pervasive scam targets large and small businesses...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

FinCEN Unveils New Efforts To Combat Widespread Business Email Compromise Fraud Scams As Losses Reach $300 Million Per Month

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The Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has announced new efforts to crack down on Business Email Compromise (BEC) schemes and those who profit from such scams. BEC fraud schemes generally...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Business E-mail Compromise Scam v2.0

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In March, we reported on the Business E-mail Compromise (BEC) scam where criminals target employees responsible for wiring company money, and trick them into wiring money under false pretenses to fraudulent accounts...more

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