Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2017-12-14 00:00:00
Affected organization: John Kahlbetzer
Affected country: Australia
Industry: Other Services (except Public Administration)
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: John Kahlbetzer, one of Australia's richest men suffers a $1m loss after his assistant is taken in by a classic Business Email Compromise (BEC) scam.