Chinese man arrested in Hong Kong over FACC cyberattack in Austria


  • TECH
  • Friday, 26 Aug 2016

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VIENNA: A Chinese citizen has been arrested in Hong Kong in connection with a cyberattack that cost Austrian aerospace parts maker FACC €42mil (RM190.47mil), Austrian police said. 

FACC fired its chief executive and chief financial officer after the attack, which involved hoax e-mails asking an employee to transfer money for a fake acquisition project – a kind of scam known as a "fake president incident". 

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