FBI Warns US Organizations of Fake Emergency Data Requests Made by Cybercriminals

The FBI has issued an alert to warn US-based companies and law enforcement agencies that threat actors are sending fake emergency data requests with the goal of harvesting personally identifiable information (PII).

An emergency data request enables law enforcement agencies to obtain information from online service providers in emergency situations, when there is no time to get a subpoena.

Emergency data requests have been abused by Lapsus$ and other threat actors, but the FBI has observed a spike in cybercrime forum posts related to the process of emergency data requests.

See more: https://www.securityweek.com/fbi-warns-us-organizations-of-fake-emergency-data-requests-made-by-cybercriminals/

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