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More cases of forwarders being defrauded by email hackers have emerged following The Loadstar’s report of a spate of recent cases, with tens of thousands of dollars stolen.

The new cases were brought to The Loadstar’s attention by the WCA network of forwarders, which has been ...

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  • Andy Robins

    February 17, 2015 at 3:43 am

    This latest hack was on a non WCA member in Pakistan, our warnings to members should alert them to increase their security profiles.
    The BBC ran a story last night on Hackers hitting on major corporations making billions. So this whole internet fraud regime is very profitable. It appears companies are leaving their front door and their safe door wide open.

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