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Payroll pirates are conning help desks to steal workers' identities and redirect paychecks

  • Jessica Lyons--Theregister.com
  • published date: 2026-02-11 13:00:14 UTC

Attackers using social engineering to exploit business processes, rather than tunnelling in via tech Exclusive When fraudsters go after people's paychecks, "every employee on earth becomes a target," according to Binary Defense security sleuth John Dwyer.…

Exclusive When fraudsters go after people's paychecks, "every employee on earth becomes a target," according to Binary Defense security sleuth John Dwyer. In December 2025, managed detection and res… [+5547 chars]