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The National Cyber Security Incident Response Center (CER-RO) warns of an attempted fraud targeting DIGI Romania clients.
CERT-RO experts report on the institution’s Facebook page that attackers host phishing pages on sites that “are obviously not the company’s official communication channels.”
To persuade users to provide data, especially financial data, attackers use the pretext of a promotional contest, after which the potential victim could win an attractive prize (smartphone or laptop).
“These attack techniques, using the visual identity of some renowned Romanian companies, have been documented by the CERT-RO team on site since the beginning of the year,” states CERT-RO.
How can we avoid this danger?
The specialists’ recommendations are: avoid accessing these links and redistribute them; pay attention to the grammatical correctness of the text; in the case of promotional offers or contests organized online, validate the existence of said initiatives in the official channels of the companies involved (website, official social media channels); scan your devices with an antivirus solution to make sure you are not infected with #malware; For those who have reported receiving a lot of unsolicited emails after providing personal information and email address, we recommend that you report them as SPAM, block their email addresses from sending more messages and delete them; If you have entered personal data, account access data, or financial data on such sites, change the passwords for related accounts, enable two-step authentication (when available), and urgently notify the bank, if requested at any time. moment. given the card details.
“If you notice suspicious transactions on your account and you have suffered financial damage, you can write to us about your case at [email protected] or you can call us (1911). In order to open an investigation, it will also be necessary to file a complaint at the nearest police station, ”CERT-RO experts underline, according to Agerpres.
