Fake solicitation highlights growing attacks against federal officials




Federal Drive with Tom Temin show

Summary: Nagesh Rao was sitting in New York visiting his family when someone on his team at the Bureau of Industry and Security at the Commerce Department headquarters called him about a large box that just arrived. The BIS chief information officer wasn’t expecting a delivery so, needless to say, he was a bit surprised. As his team opened it, they found about $10,000 worth of Lenovo laptops and Microsoft Surface tablets. At that moment, Rao knew the fraudsters were a little too close for comfort. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices