Facebook and Google confirmed as victims of $100M phishing scam

Last month, the Department of Justice charged a Lithuanian man for fraud, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering after documents revealed he scammed two major tech companies for over $100 million by masquerading as a Taiwanese electronics manufacturer. A Forbes report this week identified those two affected companies as Facebook and Google. Both companies confirmed to Forbes that their employees were victims of the phishing scam, where the perpetrator -- 48-year-old Evaldas Rimasauskas ...