An accounting clerk sent money to an attacker's bank account after receiving fraudulent instructions over the phone to use a new account. Which of the following would most likely prevent this activity

The correct answer is D. Updating processes for sending wire transfers. Stronger, verified procedures (e.g., dual approval, out‐of‐band callback to a known contact, preapproved account lists) make it impossible for a single clerk to act on a phone request alone. By baking verification steps into the wire-transfer workflow, future fraudulent instructi

Submitted by yousef_jo· Mar 6, 2026Threats, vulnerabilities, and mitigations

Question

An accounting clerk sent money to an attacker’s bank account after receiving fraudulent instructions over the phone to use a new account. Which of the following would most likely prevent this activity in the future?

Options

AStandardizing security incident reporting
BExecuting regular phishing campaigns
CImplementing insider threat detection measures
DUpdating processes for sending wire transfers

How the community answered

(43 responses)

A
7% (3)
B
2% (1)
C
14% (6)
D
77% (33)

Explanation

Stronger, verified procedures (e.g., dual approval, out‐of‐band callback to a known contact, preapproved account lists) make it impossible for a single clerk to act on a phone request alone. By baking verification steps into the wire-transfer workflow, future fraudulent instructions get stopped at the process gate.

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