Be aware of fraudulent emergency data requests

Earlier this week, the FBI issued a Private Industry Notification involving fraudulent emergency data requests.

An emergency data request is from a government authority used in emergency circumstances to request information immediately from a business. The process also bypasses additional reviews of the request for legitimacy.

What is most alarming about the alert is the indication cyber-criminals are selling guides on the dark web to teach buyers how to use this process to submit fraudulent subpoenas, including the availability of .gov email addresses to facilitate the fraud.

As a reminder, the following statutes apply in the State of Oklahoma: service by personal delivery, service by mail, service by publication, service by secretary of state, service by acknowledgment, service by other methods. The Oklahoma statutes do not indicate service may be made by electronic transmission (email or fax).

12 O.S. §2004
Process

12 O.S. §2004.1
Subpoena