Phishing scam at the Institut d'Informàtica de Barcelona
A group of cybercriminals have impersonated the company Sistemas Informáticos Abiertos (SIA) to request payment from the Institut d'Informàtica (IMI) for services rendered for the months of December 2021 and January 2022.
In February, SIA had informed IMI that they had not received any payment since November, but had been paying into a different current account after falling for the phishing scam, which was issued via a fraudulent email detailing that payment for services needed to be switched to another bank account.
References:
- 27/05/2022 lavanguardia.com Estafa por ‘phishing’ al Institut d’Informàtica de Barcelona: 350.000 euros
- 27/05/2022 genbeta.com Este phishing le ha costado 350.000 euros al Ayuntamiento de Barcelona: cómo un ataque ha engañado al Institut d’Informàtica
- 27/05/2022 elnacional.cat Estafan 350.000 euros al Ayuntamiento de Barcelona mediante 'phishing'