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Texas firm says it lost $60M in a bank wire transfer scam

ID: 30802164-cdc4-5970-a930-a194d2419e1a

STIX ID: report--30802164-cdc4-5970-a930-a194d2419e1a

Feed Name: TechCrunch Security News

Threat Score
65/100

Date Published: 2024-08-14

Date Updated: 2026-04-23

Author: Zack Whittaker

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Orion disclosed a $60 million loss after criminals induced fraudulent outbound wire transfers to accounts controlled by unknown third parties; the report highlights these schemes commonly rely on compromised executive email accounts, social engineering and even deepfakes, and notes the FBI has characterized such scams as a widespread, multibillion-dollar problem.

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