The Police Service of Northern Ireland Cyber Crime Centre have alerted the Law Society of Northern Ireland to the continued use of compromised email accounts and mail forwarding as a means of potentially exploiting local firms and their clients. COMPROMISED EMAIL ACCOUNTS This type of attack typically involves an email user compromising their account by…
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU REPORT SCAMS! You should always do the following: Make an online report via www.psni.police.uk/CrimeReportFormPage/ and call 101 only if the matter is an emergency! You are advised to report the scam to ActionFraud through their website. www.actionfraud.police.uk/ Contact your IT service provider for more advice If you have suffered a…
Cyber criminals are sending victims their own passwords in “scary emails” Police have warned the public about a new “twist” in cyber scamming. 100’s of people have been targeted in a “sextortion” racket that has been highlighted by the PSNI’s Economic Crime Unit. It has warned that cyber criminals are sending victims their own passwords…