https://www.nicholsonstudentmedia.com/news/hackers-steal-more-than-100k-from-ucf/article_1c9ae4a4-bd07-11ef-b191-135f176344d2.html
This is interesting. A BEC scammer flooded the University of Central Florida’s inbox with spam to prevent the school from reading an email from a vendor who denied the veracity of a fake invoice.
“However, due to what the audit described as an email bomb, or an intentional influx of emails sent in an attempt to cover up a scam, responses were delayed because of the amount of spam in the university's inboxes.”
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2024-12-28 11:50:49
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2024-12-28 11:50:49Event JSON
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