UK's NCSC reveals Premier League footie clubs to be ripe pickings for cybercrooks: One almost lost £1m to BEC attack

UK's NCSC reveals Premier League footie clubs to be ripe pickings for cybercrooks: One almost lost £1m to BEC attack

Common cybersecurity threats also apply to Premier League football clubs, according to the National Cyber Security Centre, which said that one club nearly sent £1m to fraudsters after a business email compromise (BEC) attack.


The NCSC report, out yesterday and titled "The Cyber Threat to Sports Organisations" (PDF), reveals some interesting details about how high-value, high-profile businesses might not be taking information security as seriously as they ought to be.


"The managing director (MD) of a Premier League football club was the victim of a 'spear phishing' attack," recounted NCSC in its report [PDF]. "When he clicked on the email, he was diverted to a spoofed Office 365 login page where he entered his credentials, unwittingly passing his e ..

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