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Whaling Attack

Whaling Attack Cybersecurity: How CEOs Get Hacked

The CFO Who Wired $25 Million to a Threat Actor In early 2024, a finance worker at engineering firm Arup was tricked into transferring $25 million after attending a video call with what appeared to be the company's CFO and other colleagues. Every person on that call was

Carl B. Johnson Apr 24, 2026 5 min read
Whaling Attack

Whaling Attack Cybersecurity: How Execs Get Targeted

The $47 Million Email That Fooled a Fortune 500 CFO In 2016, an Austrian aerospace company called FACC lost €42 million (roughly $47 million USD) because a threat actor impersonated the CEO in an email to the finance department. The message requested an urgent wire transfer for a fake acquisition

Carl B. Johnson Apr 08, 2024 7 min read