Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2017-01-18 00:00:00
Affected organization: College students across the United States
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Educational Services
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center publishes an alert against a scam tricking college students into depositing fraudulent checks into their bank accounts.