Incident
incident:evaldas_rimasauskas_bec_scam
Fraud incident in which fake Quanta Computer invoices and impersonation redirected payments from Facebook and Google to accounts controlled by Evaldas Rimasauskas.
Fraud incident in which fake Quanta Computer invoices and impersonation redirected payments from Facebook and Google to accounts controlled by Evaldas Rimasauskas.
“he was going to pose as Quanta Computing and issue an invoice to Facebook”
“Google and Facebook had wired money to these accounts”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | INVOLVES | Evaldas Rimasauskas | Explicit | 124 |
| outgoing | TARGETS | Explicit | 124 | |
| outgoing | TARGETS | Explicit | 124 | |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | Quanta Computer | Explicit | 124 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | Business E-mail Compromise | Explicit | 124 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | social engineering | Explicit | 124 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | phishing | Explicit | 124 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | lookalike domain | Explicit | 124 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | spoofed e-mails | Explicit | 124 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | money laundering | Explicit | 124 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | wire fraud | Explicit | 124 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | Federal Bureau of Investigation | Explicit | 124 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | Lithuania | Explicit | 124 |
Evaldas Rimasauskas BEC scam INVOLVES Evaldas Rimasauskas
The incident involved Evaldas Rimasauskas as the person who organized and carried out the scam.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 124 Details
“Evaldas had his fake invoice, his fake domain, and fake business all set up.”
Evaldas Rimasauskas BEC scam TARGETS Facebook
The scam targeted Facebook by diverting payments intended for Quanta into Evaldas's bank account.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 124 Details
“He put it together and sent the e-mail to the right person at Facebook”
Evaldas Rimasauskas BEC scam TARGETS Google
The scam also targeted Google, which was tricked into sending money to Evaldas instead of Quanta.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 124 Details
“he was able to trick someone at Google to send him money instead of Quanta”
Evaldas Rimasauskas BEC scam INVOLVES Quanta Computer
The scam impersonated Quanta Computer and redirected payments that were intended for it.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 124 Details
“he was going to pose as Quanta Computing and issue an invoice to Facebook to pay a bill”
Evaldas Rimasauskas BEC scam INVOLVES Business E-mail Compromise
The scam used what the episode calls a Business E-mail Compromise, or BEC, scam.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 124 Details
“Evaldas took this a step further, conducting what’s called a BEC scam.”
Evaldas Rimasauskas BEC scam INVOLVES social engineering
The perpetrators used social engineering to gather information about Facebook and Google and their financial processes.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 124 Details
“they had to do it piece by piece and slowly social-engineer their way into the company”
Evaldas Rimasauskas BEC scam INVOLVES phishing
Jack characterizes BEC as a phishing attack in which the attacker poses as someone known to the victim.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 124 Details
“BEC is basically a phishing attack, but you’re posing as someone that the victim knows already.”
Evaldas Rimasauskas BEC scam INVOLVES lookalike domain
The perpetrators used a domain made to look similar to Quanta's actual domain.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 124 Details
“he probably registered a domain that was very similar to Quanta’s actual domain”
Evaldas Rimasauskas BEC scam INVOLVES spoofed e-mails
The scam involved emails made to resemble messages from Quanta and sent to Facebook or Google employees.
Explicit Confidence 90% · Jack Rhysider EP 124 Details
“We’re talking spoofed e-mails, spear phishing, malware attacks”
Evaldas Rimasauskas BEC scam INVOLVES money laundering
The proceeds were moved through multiple bank accounts and countries as part of a money-laundering scheme.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 124 Details
“Evaldas would just send them fake legal documents that made it look like his money laundering scheme was just normal business dealings.”
Evaldas Rimasauskas BEC scam INVOLVES wire fraud
Evaldas pleaded guilty to wire fraud in connection with the scam.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 124 Details
“Evaldas pleaded guilty to wire fraud”
Evaldas Rimasauskas BEC scam INVOLVES Federal Bureau of Investigation
The FBI investigated the scam, froze funds, and gathered evidence after being notified by an employee.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 124 Details
“the employee notified the FBI, and with millions of dollars stolen, the FBI jumped right into action”
Evaldas Rimasauskas BEC scam INVOLVES Lithuania
The incident involved Lithuania because Evaldas lived there and was arrested by Lithuanian authorities.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 124 Details
“The Lithuanian authorities arrested Evaldas.”