A common alternative attack on email accounts is brute-forcing weak passwords (enabled by lack of multi-factor authentication), accessing the inbox to identify customers and financial patterns, and then sending fraudulent payment instruction emails to all customers claiming payment should go to attacker-controlled accounts
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“brute force brute forcing passwords works somebody gets in will scope out your inbox and and see what's there who are your customers... they will uh perform perhaps a financial redirection... email all of your customers and say um hey here's your new payment instructions”
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You Get Hacked When You Don't Do These Simple Things! (Don't let your life be ruined...)— The Knowledge Project PodcastCreated: 8/11/2026, 1:11:07 AM
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