The chief financial officer of a globally expanding technology company in Chile had just completed a $500,000 wire transfer to close on an acquisition when he passed his boss and mentioned the task was done.

“What transfer?” the chief executive asked, initiating the discovery three months ago that a detailed email apparently from the chief executive wasn’t really from the CEO, and that the company’s email system had been hacked.

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