POLICE KEEP $465 MILLION OUT OF CRIMINAL HANDS BY TARGETING BUSINESS EMAIL COMPROMISE SCAMS

CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 1 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:

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Police have issued an urgent plea for vigilance against Business Email Compromise (BEC) as loss prevention and recovery figures under Operation Dolos head towards the half a billion-dollar mark.

Through Operation Dolos, the Joint Policing Cybercrime Coordination Centre (JPC3), state and territory police, and industry partners, work together to disrupt the growing threat of BEC and the criminal networks behind them.

The cybercrime operation, established in January 2020, has so far helped recover or prevent $465 million in losses from Australians and Australian businesses targeted by ...