{"id":216,"date":"2016-10-07T12:56:23","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T04:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.wcpt.com.au\/?p=216"},"modified":"2018-01-23T12:01:33","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T04:01:33","slug":"cyber-attack-targets-500000-in-trust-account-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.wcpt.com.au\/index.php\/2016\/10\/07\/cyber-attack-targets-500000-in-trust-account-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyber attack targets $500,000 in trust account funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\ndiv.floater {\n    float: right;\n    margin: 0 0 15px 20px;\n    padding: 15px;\n    border: 0px solid black;\n    text-align: center;\n}\n<\/style>\n<p>A Perth-based agency has narrowly escaped a $500,000 theft, following a targeted cyber attack on its trust account. <\/p>\n<div class=\"floater\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blogs.wcpt.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/trust.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" \/><\/div>\n<p>According to Department of Commerce reports this week, it is believed the cyber thieves gained access to the agency\u2019s bank accounts after malware was downloaded onto their computer system.<\/p>\n<p>The malware likely gained access to the system after an attachment was opened or a website link was clicked in a scam email, allowing the thieves to record keystrokes, including bank login details.<\/p>\n<p>The theft was discovered by a staff member, who&#8217;s quick actions allowed the bank to stop the transaction before the funds were lost for good. <\/p>\n<p>Acting Commissioner for Consumer Protection David Hillyard said despite defeating the attempted attack, the agency had now implemented better security practices. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven though the theft was prevented, the agency has implemented new and more secure connections to its bank through the use of a real-time device commonly called a Security Token which changes the internet banking authorisation passcode on a continual basis&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>These and other measures to prevent and prepare for a cyber attack are explored in this year&#8217;s Mandatory CPD session.<\/p>\n<ul>Book your:<\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wcpt.com.au\/cpd\/agents-mandatory-3-point-cpd\/\" target=\"_blank\">Agents and Reps Mandatory<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wcpt.com.au\/cpd\/pms-mandatory-3-point-cpd\/\" target=\"_blank\">Property Managers Mandatory<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Perth-based agency has narrowly escaped a $500,000 theft, following a targeted cyber attack on its trust account. According to Department of Commerce reports this&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":208,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wcpt.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wcpt.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wcpt.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wcpt.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wcpt.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wcpt.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":220,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wcpt.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216\/revisions\/220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wcpt.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wcpt.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wcpt.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wcpt.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}