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Scammers Steal Huge Food Shipments Using Online Technique

Scammers Steal Huge Food Shipments Using Online Technique
An engineering student takes part in a hacking challenge near Paris, on Mar. 16, 2013. Thomas Samson/AFP via Getty Images
Naveen Athrappully
Naveen Athrappully
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12/20/2022|Updated: 12/20/2022
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Multiple federal agencies have issued a joint cybersecurity advisory (CSA) warning the food and agriculture sector about incidents of criminal actors using business email compromise (BEC) tactics to steal food shipments.

The advisory was issued on Dec. 15 by the FBI, the Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations (FDA OCI), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). In a BEC attack, an employee receives an email that appears official but, in reality, was sent by an impostor attempting to trick the entity for information or money.
Naveen Athrappully
Naveen Athrappully
Reporter
Naveen Athrappully is a news reporter covering business and world events at The Epoch Times.
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