Business grant phishing scam targets UK firms posing as the government

Business grant phishing scam targets UK firms posing as the government

4 years ago
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https://tech.newstatesman.com/security/business-grant-phishing-scam

A phishing scam targeting UK businesses posed as the government approving a business grant application and directed recipients to an imitation government portal where users were prompted to enter their email and password, Mimecast discovered.

“This scam is targeting businesses that are struggling due to Covid-19 and the resulting lockdown,” said Kiri Addison, head of data science at Mimecast. “Lots of UK businesses will have applied for a business grant during this time and could therefore believe this email is genuine. The scam relies upon desperate business owners or confused users clicking on the link and filling in their personal details, which are then stolen by the cybercriminals to potentially use in future crime.”