I-Team: Nigerian Cybercriminal Gang Targets Texas Unemployment System

Dallas TX

25 May, 2021

9:30 AM

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CBS Dallas/Fort Worth May 25, 2021 A Nigerian cybercriminal gang is targeting the Texas unemployment system, according to evidence shared with the CBS 11 I-Team. A 13-page step-by-step tutorial on how to commit unemployment identity fraud through the Texas Workforce Commission website was discovered in an online closed group chat between members of the cybercriminal organization known as Scattered Canary. Former FBI agent Crane Hassold said with the help of an insider his private cybersecurity firm obtained the tutorial for free from WhatsApp group chat. CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.