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Point72 Among Major Hedge Funds Targeted in Cyberattack on Wall Street Through Voice Phishing Campaign

ID: d20a37af-7f85-5ad9-8f6d-fad916ae064f

STIX ID: report--d20a37af-7f85-5ad9-8f6d-fad916ae064f

Feed Name: The Cyber Express

Threat Score
70/100

Date Published: 2026-08-07

Date Updated: 2026-08-07

Author: Ashish Khaitan

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**Executive summary:** A recent vishing campaign targeted major Wall Street hedge funds (Point72, Millennium, Two Sigma, Citadel), leveraging social engineering and reportedly AI-enhanced impersonation to deceive employees into revealing information or granting access; Point72 says no client data was compromised. The report underscores the increasing sophistication of voice-phishing attacks, references the Scattered Spider activity group, and highlights broader concerns about AI-enabled social-engineering risks to financial firms.

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