Google and Facebook have lost $ 100M as a result of a phishing attack
By Prempal Singh
Technology companies have become victims of fraud in March by e-mail and have lost $ 100 million, turned out to be “green” newcomers.
According to Fortune, these companies – Google and Facebook. When the incident was made public, the FBI announced that on charges of phishing arrested Lithuanian Evaldas Rimasauskas named. However, the names of the companies, it was decided to keep secret. Lithuanian used to achieve their goals Taiwanese company Quanta Computer name, the component supplier for technology firms.
As companies have commented on this situation?
Facebook told the newspaper that it was “recovered most of the money shortly after the incident and is working with law enforcement agencies.” Google also said that “discovered fraud against supply management team and immediately notified the authorities.” Companies have already returned the money, but the investigation has not been completed. Rimasauskas who allegedly hid the money in banks across Europe continues to deny any involvement.
Companies are constantly caught in a network of similar phishing schemes involving counterfeit suppliers, and Facebook with Google – not the first. An interesting fact is that the IT-giants have not betrayed the matter public. Perhaps they made this decision because I do not think $ 100 million is large enough amount. But whatever the cause, the fact remains that even in such large companies are not immune to phishing.