You need to read the article linked from here – because whatever you think, you are not ready for the latest phone scammers. Why do I say you are not ready? The victim here is Cory Doctorow – you might not have heard of him, but people in tech have. Here is a snippet from his C.V.:
“He works for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, is a MIT Media Lab Research Affiliate, is a Visiting Professor of Computer Science at Open University, a Visiting Professor of Practice at the University of North Carolina’s School of Library and Information Science and co-founded the UK Open Rights Group.”
My C.V. does not match that, so I read the article – and took onboard the lessons learned. I have also updated my cyber security wareness training courses.
Here is the story:
Pluralistic: How I got scammed (05 Feb 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Your takeaway
That was a personal scam. What would you lose if this happened at work to one of your team?
Clive Catton MSc (Cyber Security) – by-line and other articles
