Editing Social engineering (security) (section)

=== 2017 Google and Facebook phishing emails ===
Two tech giants—[[Google]] and [[Facebook]]—were phished out of $100 million by a [[Lithuania]]n fraudster.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-04-28 |title=Google and Facebook duped in huge 'scam' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39744007 |access-date=2025-04-10 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> He impersonated a hardware supplier to falsely invoice both companies over two years.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jr |first=Tom Huddleston |date=2019-03-27 |title=How this scammer used phishing emails to steal over $100 million from Google and Facebook |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/27/phishing-email-scam-stole-100-million-from-facebook-and-google.html |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref> Despite their technological sophistication, the companies lost the money, although they were later able to recuperate the majority of the funds stolen.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Famous Phishing Incidents from History {{!}} Hempstead Town, NY |url=https://www.hempsteadny.gov/635/Famous-Phishing-Incidents-from-History |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=www.hempsteadny.gov}}</ref>