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== See also ==
== See also ==
*[[Advanced Persistent Threat]]
* [[BEC]]
* [[BEC]]
* [[CEO]]
* [[CEO]]
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* [[Cybercrime – A Threat And An Opportunity]]
* [[Cybercrime – A Threat And An Opportunity]]
* [[Fraud]]
* [[Fraud]]
* [[Fraud Advisory Panel]]
* [[Hacktivist]]
* [[Hacktivist]]
* [[Internet]]
* [[Internet]]
* [[Whaling]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:Identify_and_assess_risks]]
[[Category:Manage_risks]]
[[Category:Risk_frameworks]]
[[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]]

Latest revision as of 06:23, 24 January 2022

Cybercrime.

A fraud in which the fraudster sends an email to an employee of a company, purporting to come from the account of the CEO or CFO of the company.

The email instructs the employee, on some pretext, to make an urgent payment to an overseas bank account.


See also