By Greg Cochrane, BBC
We usually hear about phishing attacks in the technology world – when impostors try to scam people out of money by tricking them into handing over their personal details. But now it’s said the technique has found its way into pop music. Producer Richard X says he’s received contact from fraudsters “disguising” themselves as industry workers requesting he sends them music. “They get a little bit of information by searching databases, publishers catalogues or reading forums,” says X, sat in his London studio. “That’s enough for them to write a cheeky email disguised as someone from the management, touring agency or someone related to the artists in an attempt to get you, the producer, to send them finished tracks or demos.”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/16785833
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