Email hijackers scam food out of businesses, not just money

Business email compromise (BEC) continues to be a multibillion-dollar threat, but it's evolving, with the FBI and other federal agencies warning that cybercriminals have started using spoofed emails to steal shipments of physical goods – in this case, food.  Along with the Food and Drug Administration's Office of Criminal …

[ThatOne]

The world's turned upside down!

"No, no, mister copper, this isn't milk powder, it's just cocaine!..."

"All right, move along."

[b0llchit]

Re: The world's turned upside down!

Did it pass the sniff-test? ^{_{I am moving along, sir, just needed my coat.}}

[Bitsminer]

small potatoes and "critical infrastructure"?

I doubt companies that small would qualify as critical infra. Really, who would let such a small business become so important?

No doubt many small and tiny businesses would _like_ to be so valued, but they're not likely to effectively compete with bigger ones.

Seems like more of a marketing move by CloudFlare to me.

[david 12]

Re: small potatoes and "critical infrastructure"?

I doubt companies that small would qualify as critical infra.

I guess it depends on how it's counted. We were 'critical infrastructure' during part of the COVID lockdown -- the part where the carefully constructed definitions were in use -- and then not 'critical infrastructure' in the later part of the lockdown, when the categories were defined by a press release from a minister's office.

Being small, we were only critical for a small number of customers -- off-grid residential, the odd telecom tower, bits of railway infrastructure :)

In any case being suitable for use with the odd remote community or railway system, the equipment is designed not to fail, and we go from one century to the next without any actual critical incidents.

[Ken Moorhouse]

Scammed Milk

How did that manage to get that past your eyes?

[Rikki Tikki]

Re: Scammed Milk

That triggered an upvote from me ...

[Snowy]

Re: Scammed Milk

Your milking it.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Scammed Milk

Dry humour

[Jedit]

"How did that manage to get that past your eyes?"

I was considering downvoting this post, but that would make me as bad as you. It is the Paradox of Lactose Intolerance.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Scammed Milk

That's whey over the line

[Pirate Dave]

TLC got hit

I'd have thought their network/security guys would have done a better job. AFAIK, they don't want no scrubs for that job.

[Anonymous Coward]

“ we've reached out to learn more.”

I’ve just been sick.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: IBM Engineer...

tend to agree, the only thing worse than reaching out is touching base.

You leave my base alone without consent!

[david 12]

Re: IBM Engineer...

You leave my base alone without consent!

All your base are belong to us.

[John Brown (no body)]

"I’ve just been sick."

I think that's retching out :-)

[Anonymous Coward]

A few years ago, the security guy at the supermarket told me that the number 1 item that gets shoplifted is baby formula. The demand for it is crazy.