A reported payroll scam uses phishing and adversary-in-the-middle tactics to slip past MFA, then quietly alter account details inside HR and finance portals.
Sophisticated hackers bypassed security to siphon salaries in a wave of payroll “pirate” attacks, exposing critical weaknesses in workplace defenses.
Attackers rerouted salaries by exploiting help desk processes-without breaching a single firewall or deploying malware.