Data Theft

Dear Member,

In the letter sent to our Chamber by TOBB, with reference to the letter of the Ministry of Trade dated 14.01.2022 and numbered E-52229414-724.01.01, and with reference to a letter received from the Commercial Attaché's Office in Houston, it is stated that data theft has recently become very widespread in the USA; that, in particular, the e-mail boxes of buyer or seller companies are infiltrated, the correspondence history between the two parties is also copied and the latest e-mail is presented as if it were a continuation of the previous correspondence; that e-mail addresses are created by copying company names with very small differences; and that cases concerning many such correspondences have been referred to the Houston Attaché's Office.

The letter further states that the notable feature of such e-mails is that a message is sent at the payment stage stating that there has been a change in bank details; that the persons committing data theft also attach all previous correspondence; and that, in e-mail messages sent to the person who will make the payment, often even using the e-mail address of the buyer company and the name of the address holder, they state that there has been a change in bank details or account details and directly provide their own account numbers for the payment to be made.

It is also stated that in the US banking system it is very difficult or impossible to stop a payment made directly to an account, that legal processes are long and very costly, and that, immediately after such a situation is noticed, a swift message must be sent by the paying bank to the receiving bank and, at the same time, the matter must be referred to the judicial authorities and an application made to the authorities of the counterpart country. On the other hand, it is stated that it is important not to leave the matter solely to the initiative of the judicial authorities in our country, but also to initiate legal proceedings in the counterpart country through a lawyer.

 

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Date Added :2022-01-19 04:11:00