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      Cyber Criminals Hacked into Sackler Heir’s Emails and Took £1m from Bank

      Jun 28, 2019 12:20:21 PM

      2019-06-27

      Standard: A member of the philanthropic Sackler dynasty fell victim to cyber criminals who hacked into his email account in an attempt to steal more than £3 million. Michael Daniel Sackler, a film producer, was targeted in January 2015 when fraudsters took control of his emails and made a string of bogus payment requests to his bank.The thieves mocked-up false invoices with their own bank details, making three transfers totalling £1.3 million out of Mr Sackler’s account...

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