Nigerian national involved in spearphishing

Nigerian National Sentenced to 8 Years for Spearphishing Attacks on Tax Preparation Businesses

Chukwudi Christogunus Igbokwe, a Nigerian national, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for his role in a series of spearphishing attacks targeting US tax preparation businesses since 2019. The attacks resulted in the theft of $3.3 million from taxpayers. The case was reported by BleepingComputer and highlights the ongoing threat of socially engineered email attacks against the tax preparation sector.