Cyber Expert Finds Phishing Campaign Targeting School Children

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JAKARTA - Recently, cybersecurity expert Kaspersky has detected a significant spike in fraud activity, which takes advantage of the days leading up to school by launching a phishing campaign.

In this scam, Kaspersky found that fraudsters are increasingly using form schemes. In fact, they managed to identify phishing attacks that used fake questionnaires to target students at Neumann University in the US.

In one of these schemes, the victim received a notification claiming that they used two different Microsoft school emails on various university portals.

To prevent their 365 Office account from being deactivated, they are required to complete a survey that requires sensitive details such as name, phone number, university email, and password of their account.

In addition, another type of fraud that Kaspersky reveals is fraud under the guise of fake prizes that promise students the opportunity to win advanced gadgets for schools.

In this scam, the fraudster will ask the victim to provide personal information and be instructed to provide personal information and show their preferred laptop model.

In addition, the victim was also asked to share the link to the lottery yard with the prizes to 15 of their contacts via WhatsApp.

After the victim wins the lottery, they will be asked to pay some money for the delivery of goods. This request for payment turned out to be a fraud.

"This fraud is not just a direct data theft, but can also have more serious and long-term consequences," Olga Svistunova, security expert at Kaspersky said in a written statement.

Because according to Olga, if attackers gain access to private school information, such as class schedules, the information can be used for doxing, stalking, cyberbullying, or even identity theft.