Beware of hackers! Perhaps this phrase sounds like a movie dialogue, but unfortunately, today many companies are facing identity theft, reputational damage or hacktivism. That is why in this blog post we will share with you how information theft impacts your company.
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Information theft
What is the relationship between emails and identity theft? The takeover of email or social media accounts can be extremely damaging to organizations. In general, they are used to carry out spam campaigns or spread malware, they can even be used to carry out blackmail.
In the theft of information in employee emails, the impact can be relatively low, in these cases the account is blocked without going further.
However, when an email account belongs to a director of a company, there is a strong possibility that it will be used to carry out “CEO fraud”. In many cases, attackers have used the account of the CEO of the company to impersonate the executive and encourage employees to make a transfer.
Now that you are aware of all this, you should be more careful with your accounts, passwords and credentials. Since 44% of the data on the internet is records of usernames, passwords and credential information. Also, depending on the confidentiality and importance of the information stored in the executive’s email account, credential theft can end the type of blackmail.
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