Don’t Click That Link: How Hackers Used Robinhood’s Own Systems to Fool and Target Customers

A flaw in the online trading platform’s account creation process allowed attackers to send convincing phishing emails.

BY AMAYA NICHOLE, NEWS WRITER

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Robinhood customers this week found themselves in the crosshairs of an unusually sophisticated phishing campaign that was made possible by a loophole in the trading platform’s own systems.

The phishing emails warned of an “Unrecognized Device Linked to Your Account,”........

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