Australian Businesses Lose $14 Million to Cyber Scams: ACCC

Australian Businesses Lose $14 Million to Cyber Scams: ACCC
A projection of cyber code on a hooded man is pictured in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. Kacper Pempel/Illustration/Reuters
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is reporting that Australian businesses have lost more than $14 million as a result of payment redirection scams, with the average losses in 2021 more than five times higher than average losses in the same period last year.

The scams, also known as business email compromise scams, impersonate businesses or employees via email and request payments to a fraudulent account.