BEC

Business Email Compromise is a scam in which attackers impersonate or hijack trusted email accounts, often executives or vendors, to trick employees into wiring money or sharing sensitive data. It relies on social engineering rather than malware, which helps it slip past technical defenses. BEC consistently ranks among the costliest cybercrimes reported each year.

• Optery for Business → Removes employee personal data from data-broker and people-search sites, cutting the reconnaissance material that fuels spear phishing and BEC targeting. It complements email authentication and payment controls; it does not replace them.

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