Ikea fights against attack using trusted email senders

Published December 3, 2021 4:00am ET



Giant home furnishing retailer Ikea recently faced a significant phishing attack in which hackers compromised legitimate corporate email accounts and replied to messages containing malicious documents.

This so-called reply-chain email attack was described as an “ongoing” attack by an internal Ikea message, which said: “The attack can come via email from someone that you work with, from any external organization, and as a reply to an already ongoing conversation.”

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