Company attacked in Upper Austria

Cyber attack

Cyber criminals are becoming more and more sophisticated - as an automation specialist from Linz has now discovered.(Bild: Gorodenkoff Productions OU)

From emails that are so well faked that you think you're receiving a message from a superior ordering a bank transfer to paralyzed data servers - cyber criminals use a wide range of methods. And they are becoming increasingly sophisticated. Criminals are now even using artificial intelligence to generate the voices of managers.

Telephone fraud is one of the most popular scams when it comes to defrauding private individuals of money. Despite many warnings, it still happens regularly that people fall for it or transfer large sums of money to an internet acquaintance who is supposedly in distress.