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A CYBERSECURITY expert fell victim to a hacking scam and was fooled by his own expertise proving anyone can be affected.
Corey Doctorow specializes in hacking/cyber fraud said he was contacted by someone who posed as an employee at his bank Credit Union and a perfect yet unfortunate series of events caused him to lose $8,000.
Doctorow happened to be rushing through the airport and he was also recently declined when using an ATM when the scammer got to him.
He has even given hacking and fraud advice to people at the hacking conference Def Con, but he noted how this highlights that anyone can fall for these scams.
“The flight that I was going to catch I was very late to get to because the airport was in chaos,” Doctorow told NBC affiliate KNTV in the Bay Area.
Doctorow explained that because he was in such a hurry he was not able to focus on calling the bank to ensure it was them.
“So instead of having an hour or two to call the bank, I had just minutes and so I couldn’t keep calling,” he added.
“It was just a bunch of things lining up exactly preciously in the right way for these fraudsters.”
Scammers will use a script that tries to convince a person that someone else has already gotten their bank accounts and that they need your information to fix it.
“Look I’ve worked in digital rights for more than 20 years with the Electronic Frontier Foundation,” Doctorow said.
“A lot of this has to do with information and security and information and security questions.”
Once a scammer has access to this type of information, they can either pose as you or directly use it to hack your account.
If they can get access to your bank account, this is when they can steal your money.
Another Cybersecurity expert, Paul Benda, instructed people to never respond to a text or call from someone claiming to be their bank if they are not sure if it’s actually them.
“Instead, verify the message by contacting your bank at the number on the back of your card or through the mobile banking app,” Benda told Bank Rate.
“Check your statement or the back of your bank card for the right website, bookmark it.
“Use that to ensure you are on your financial institution’s official website.”
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