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It may come as a surprise you to that the recovery rate for BEC incidents that are not immediately detected is very low and that victims often spend years suing
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It may come as a surprise you to that the recovery rate for BEC incidents that are not immediately detected is very low and that victims often spend years suing their banks for faulty fraud protection in court for either only a partial settlement or nothing in return.
- bbbbb5 4y agoNot only BEC, the recovery rate for ridiculously named authorized push payment fraud fraud (i.e. craigslist car scams) is also very low. Reg E at least protects consumers from some banking malware, but still does not provide protections for phishing victims (despite new non-binding CFPB guidance)
- somenewaccount1 4y agoHaving worked in banking for 20 years and knowing how many fraud transactions are reversed, I do indeed find that false information to be surprising.
- bbbbb5 4y agoIt's very well documented that less than 20% of BEC losses in the US are recovered.
- from 4y ago> The challenge is that most BEC attacks will use bank accounts outside the US. In truth, the IC3 RAT recovered less than 14% of the total US$2.4 billion in BEC losses last year. https://www.welivesecurity.com/2022/04/26/trouble-bec-how-stop-costliest-scam/ https://www.welivesecurity.com/2022/04/26/trouble-bec-how-st... https://www.ic3.gov/Media/Y2022/PSA220504 https://www.ic3.gov/Media/Y2022/PSA220504