Recall a BEC Invoice Payment and Clean the Mailbox

    Two parallel jobs: chase the money and clean the mailbox the attacker is reading.

    What to do

      • Call your bank within the hour and request a recall on the wire — get the recall reference
      • Notify the supplier: they may also need to clean their own mailbox if the breach was their side
      • Remove any unknown forwarding rule, filter or sign-in session on your mailbox
      • Reset your email password and revoke OAuth tokens / app passwords
      • Report to the police and your insurer — BEC is usually a covered cyber-insurance event

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