One of the biggest supermarket chains in the USA fell victim to online fraudsters.
Evidently, no one at Minnesota-based Supervalu bothered to confirm the authenticity of emails sent in late February. Purporting to come from two of the company’s suppliers, the messages instructed Supervalu to wire all future payments to new bank accounts.
Supervalu wired $10m into the fraudulent accounts. Sheesh.
The Register article.
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