Cybercrooks Are Phishing Retail Staff to Redeem Gift Cards, FBI Warns
The FBI has issued a private industry notification warning retailers that
cybercriminals are duping staff into providing access to gift card generators,
inflicting financial damage.
As of January 2023, a group named STORM-0539, also known as Atlas Lion, has been
targeting retail stores across the US using phishing and smishing (SMS phishing)
tricks to gain access to gift card departments.
The group specializes in gaining unauthorized access to employee accounts and
corporate systems.
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