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Week 5 Newsletter - Job Scams
Job Scams are fraudulent job postings posted online or sent through email that promise large sums of money with little time or effort.
Be cautious of such job opportunities, as such jobs typically make YOU pay THEM. Completing such work could sacrifice your personal information and money.
Different types of job scams include:
- Work-from-home job scams
- Nanny, caregiver, and virtual personal assistant job scams
- Mystery shopper job scams
- Job placement service scams
- Government and postal job scams
Learn more about job scams and how to avoid them by clicking the link below.
Week 1 Newsletter
This week, read about how the employees of Electronic Arts (EA) made a small but devastating mistake that caused harm to the company and allowed hackers to access their system.
Electronic Arts (EA) hack — Social engineering
The EA hack started when a hacker purchased a stolen cookie (a small text file used to identify your computer as you use a network). This allowed them access to EA’s Slack, a communication platform for organizations.
Once inside the organization's communication channel, the hackers pretended to be an employee who had lost their phone. The IT department did not work slowly or take this communication as suspicious behavior. Instead, they gave information to the hackers and this information allowed the hackers to get into EA’s system. Over 700 GB of data was taken.
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EA stated that no player information was taken and there was no risk to player privacy.
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The hackers advertised game data for sale on underground forums. They stated that they would continue to leak information until they received a ransom.
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What is social engineering? Social engineering is when a hacker impersonates someone to gain access into an organization's system or even their physical space.