Cybercriminals impersonating financial institutions campaign expands across multiple victims
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Cybercriminals impersonating financial institutions are running a financial fraud campaign that uses phishing sites, social engineering, and bogus websites to take over accounts and move money. The activity now affects individuals, businesses, and organizations across sectors and has caused more than $262 million in losses since the start of the year. The scale and breadth make it a high-risk account takeover (ATO) operation rather than isolated fraud cases.
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26.11.2025 06:29 2 articles · 6mo ago
Cybercriminals impersonate financial institutions in broad ATO fraud campaign
Initial DisclosureCybercriminals impersonating financial institutions are using texts, calls, emails, phishing sites, bogus websites, and SEO poisoning to drive account takeover (ATO) fraud against individuals, businesses, and organizations across sectors, with losses exceeding $262 million and more than 5,100 complaints since the start of the year.
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- FBI Reports $262M in ATO Fraud as Researchers Cite Growing AI Phishing and Holiday Scams — thehackernews.com — 26.11.2025 06:29
- FBI Reports $262M in ATO Fraud as Researchers Cite Growing AI Phishing and Holiday Scams — thehackernews.com — 26.11.2025 06:29