A senior government cyber-crime advisor to Fundingshield has issued a holiday season wire fraud alert to lenders warning of heightened cyber attacks and a need for diligence and screening.
Adam Chaudhary – President of Fundingshield LLC shared,
“The best strategy for lenders and consumers is to take pro-active preventative measures to confirm funds are verified by a third-party verification agent leveraging traditional wire account measures coupled with technology driven document and party identity validation at the loan level, not the closing party level. Fundingshield reminds lenders and market participants to take extra precautions when releasing funds including leveraging its services if they are experiencing irregular email activity, altered CPLs or wire instructions.”
Ike Suri, Chairman & CEO of Fundingshield, Commented,
“When senior decision makers and those with tenure schedule time off during holiday periods, it creates a perfect storm for hackers and cyber criminals to penetrate established policies, procedures and funding protocols. Security and I.T. resources also suffer the same lack of oversight if not adjusted to ensure you have adequate staffing and intelligent controls in place.”
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