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Hackers planning phishing attack with fake MOM e-mails, warns cybersecurity firm

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Published Fri, Jun 19, 2020 · 09:50 PM

    Singapore

    HACKERS could target Singapore businesses on Sunday with a spoofed Ministry of Manpower (MOM) e-mail promising additional subsidies for their employees, a cybersecurity group warned on Thursday.

    Singapore and Tokyo-headquartered Cyfirma said that an online threat assessment it conducted between June 1 and 16 revealed that prominent hacker group Lazarus Group was planning a phishing campaign targeting over five million people and businesses worldwide.

    Ministry of ManpowerCybersecurity

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