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The anti-Donald Trump super PAC Lincoln Project lost $35,000 to a business email compromise (BEC) scam in February.
Minchak described a classic BEC incident: “A vendor’s email was hacked, with the hackers producing authentic-looking invoices that were sent from our vendor’s legitimate email account,” he said. “The hack affected multiple clients of the vendor, including Lincoln Project.
"Two transactions were reported to the Federal Election Commission 12 days apart in February — for $20,000 and $15,000 — both of which Lincoln Project reported as “fraudulent” and “under dispute.”
Minchak described a classic BEC incident: “A vendor’s email was hacked, with the hackers producing authentic-looking invoices that were sent from our vendor’s legitimate email account,” he said. “The hack affected multiple clients of the vendor, including Lincoln Project.
"Two transactions were reported to the Federal Election Commission 12 days apart in February — for $20,000 and $15,000 — both of which Lincoln Project reported as “fraudulent” and “under dispute.”
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