Charities are being forced to engage cybersecurity experts to combat fraudulent claims for assistance with the Australian Red Cross having to fend off hundreds of bot-generated submissions for bushfire relief grants.
“There have been hundreds of automated attempts to access financial assistance,” he told AAP.
“There are a couple of hundred claims that we have concerns about and we are working through all of those and we have already referred a number of cases to the police.”
He said in one community alone they had applications for 15 homes that had been destroyed but when they physically checked the addresses none of them had been impacted by the fires.
An Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission representative said online fraud was a constant challenge for charities that drained limited resources and forced them to engage cybersecurity experts.
https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/charities-targeted-by-fraudsters-attempting-to-steal-...
Could see that coming a mile off.
