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Vanishing paychecks: How hundreds of USPS workers fell prey to a fake website scam

Vanishing paychecks: How hundreds of USPS workers fell prey to a fake website scam

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Hundreds of USPS workers were victimized by a fake website that mirrored the agency's payroll portal, tricking employees into entering their credentials so attackers could reroute direct deposit paychecks. The USA Today investigation found that paltry cybersecurity and slow-moving federal bureaucracy delayed the agency's response, despite multiple prior warnings. Arkose Labs is cited in the context of phishing and credential theft attacks that exploit fake websites to harvest login information at scale.

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