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What we know about the HMRC phishing attack and how to find out if you're affected
Two senior civil servants at HMRC told the treasury committee that 100,000 people have been contacted, or are in the process ...
Scammers stole €55.8 million from UK tax office in phishing attack
An organised crime gang posing as taxpayers stole £47m (€55.8m) from Britain's tax office, after accessing more than 100,000 ...
Scammers stole £47m from HMRC in phishing attack
The tax authority said it is writing to those affected to confirm they haven't lost any money and they don't need to do ...
100,000 HMRC accounts hit as scammers steal £47m in phishing attack
A phishing scam has cost HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) £47 million, a group of MPs has been told. The personal tax accounts ...
Biometric Update7h
How to harden biometric authentication with presentation attack detection
It’s no secret, and hasn’t been for some time, that identity is the preferred attack vector for cyber criminals and ...
Business Matters16h
HMRC scammers stole £47m in phishing fraud targeting 100,000 taxpayer accounts
HMRC confirms £47 million was stolen in a major phishing scam targeting 100,000 online accounts. Criminals posed as taxpayers ...
HMRC criticised for not reporting £47m phishing attack sooner
Information from 100,000 taxpayers was targeted by criminals who committed a phishing attack on HMRC in December ...
Computer Weekly11h
HMRC phishing breach wholly avoidable, but hard to stop
A breach at HMRC saw innocent taxpayers tricked into letting scammers impersonate them through simple phishing attacks ...
Computing12h
Phishing scam costs HMRC £47 million
HMRC where cybercriminals posed as taxpayers to claim repayments. HMRC were slow to report the incident. A Treasury Select ...
HMRC workers admit £47m loss after phishing scam breaches 100,000 taxpayer accounts
Two senior civil servants at HM Revenue and Customs told the Treasury Committee that 100,000 people have been contacted after ...
SecurityWeek12h
ClickFix Attack Exploits Fake Cloudflare Turnstile to Deliver Malware
Researchers have discovered and analyzed a ClickFix attack that uses a fake Cloudflare ‘humanness’ check. The Cloudflare ...
HMRC locks 100,000 accounts after scammers steal £47m in huge phishing attack
HMRC has announced that around 100,000 online accounts were locked after being targeted by cyber criminals in a phishing ...