Ransomware, bogus emails from your 'boss' mark growing skill of cyber-criminals

Cyber-criminals are hacking into corporate computer systems and using the public profiles of top executives to fine-tune email scams that are duping Canadians out of hundreds of millions of dollars each year, a CBC News investigation has discovered.

 

 My advice is simple : The moment you started getting bogus messages from your boss, it was time to shut it down. The moment you start getting hacked from the internet , it's time to shut it down. The "cost savings" and "improved communications" mean nothing in the face of the fact that now ,someone else is running the show, not you and not the owners. And that isn't tolerable to anyone. 

 

This is the end result of people collecting profiles on everyone  and selling them. They know your name , where you work , your title at work (bonus ! This guy's a CEO he must be so proud) there's a picture of him and his home address ... and they sell that to anyone. Of course some criminal is going to buy the stuff and use it in a scam. They'd be stupid not to. 

 Which ever CEO got his company hacked and lost a ton of money , I bet he's no longer saying "I'm not a criminal. I have nothing to hide. Who cares if they can see my photo and other details on face book ? "