On November 25, 2025, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published a Public Service Announcement warning that cyber criminals are “impersonating financial institutions to steal money or information in Account Takeover (ATO) fraud schemes.” These schemes target individuals and businesses of all sizes across all sectors. According to the announcement, “Since January 2025, the FBI
Public Service Announcement
FBI Issues New Warning to Businesses About Phishing Campaigns
By Linn Foster Freedman on
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In a recent Public Service Announcement dated February 21, 2018 entitled “Increase in W-2 Phishing Campaigns,” the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) issued another alert about an increase in phishing campaigns since the beginning of 2018.
According to the FBI, “IRS’s Online Fraud Detection & Prevention (OFDP), which monitors for suspected IRS-related phishing emails,…