Phishing 0 provision = Getty Image Bank A suspected case of sending messages through identity theft after stealing personal information from SNS (social network service) messenger operated by overseas company A has been confirmed among some users, and users are required to pay attention.
According to Asai Today’s coverage on the 16th, since the 15th, about 10 cases of message identity theft have been confirmed among some journalists and office workers.
On the morning of the 15th, Mr. B received a message from his senior at work saying, “Are you busy?” Mr. B, who was suspicious of the message from the senior who wrote honorific to himself as a junior, made a phone call and confirmed that the message was not sent by the senior.
Mr. C was contacted by colleagues around him saying that he had received several suspicious messages in his name, and asked if it was true that he had sent them directly. Mr. C, who had never sent the message, left the messenger thinking that his account had been stolen.
Mr. D is also contemplating whether to withdraw from membership after confirming that messages not sent in his name were delivered to his acquaintances.
Company A not only sends and receives messages, but also uses remittance services, raising concerns about voice phishing damage.
Also, it is a concern that there is a possibility of being involved in a crime that steals personal information and steals money just by accessing the link.
So far, phishing, which deceives victims through messengers, has been mainly done through domestic corporate SNS. According to the ‘Voice Phishing Damage Status’ data requested by the Office of Congressman Kang Min-guk from the People’s Power to the Financial Supervisory Service, 95% (23,602 cases, 23,602 cases, The amount of damage (77.1 billion won) was the damage caused by using KakaoTalk.
Hacking crimes, such as private messengers or Internet revisions, are also increasing significantly. According to the People’s Power, Congressman Seok-Jun Hong’s office, the number of hacking reports in the private sector more than doubled from 500 in 2018 to 1142 in 2022.
According to the authorities, the methods are also diversifying, from the commonly known method of asking for money by impersonating a family member to the approach of impersonating an e-commerce company to introduce a job. In addition, as crimes through overseas messengers with servers in foreign countries are on the rise, voices are growing that the government needs to prepare countermeasures.
