No actor was able to access or compromise any data or PII on the FBI's network. Once we learned of the incident, we quickly remediated the software vulnerability, warned partners to disregard the fake emails, and confirmed the integrity of our networks." This incident is a form of Business Email Compromise (BEC), a growing cybercrime epidemic, with staggering losses to businesses and organizations of all sizes. BEC is a scheme in which an attacker uses fraudulent email to impersonate an executive, business contact, or another person to get a transfer of funds, money, or sensitive information. When BEC involves the takeover of a legitimate email account, like the FBI, it is called Email Account Compromise (EAC). EAC is dangerous because fraudulent emails may be sent from legitimate accounts.