Antiguan businesses hit by cyber attack
ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) — Residents have been urged to be cautious when using the Internet for financial and business transactions following reports that the accounts of several companies and individuals have been hacked.
The warning was issued in a release late Wednesday from the police.
“Police investigations into the matter so far have confirmed that these hackers/fraudsters have targeted and successfully hacked into a number of online e-mail accounts using the candw.ag platform.
“Apparently, what is being done is that the hackers used another recognised e-mail platform and intersected these e-mail accounts,” the release said.
“Further investigations also revealed that when certain keywords such as ‘bank’, ‘account’, ‘wire’, ‘transfer’ and ‘invoice’ are used in a transaction, it triggers the hackers to send instructions to other companies abroad. These companies in return would cause the wire transfers to be diverted to overseas bank accounts, unknowing to local businesses, who should receive these monies.”