Dec. 22, 2020 10:24 am ET | WSJ Pro
Good day. On a Grand Prix race weekend this fall, McLaren’s CEO received an email requesting payment with a click-through link. But the supplier wasn’t real and the incident was a scam, WSJ Pro’s Catherine Stupp reports.
Other news: Latest developments in SolarWinds hack; Chinese privacy law to limit use of facial recognition; Microsoft and other tech giants join Facebook’s legal fight against spy-tool maker NSO Group; and a London crypto exchange reports suspicious withdrawals.
CEO Targeted
How U.K. racing team McLaren almost got phished. Zak Brown, chief executive of U.K.-based Formula One racing team McLaren Racing Ltd., received a suspicious email on a weekend in late October as the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix race was about to be held in Imola, Italy.
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