MacEwan University loses $11.8 million to scammers in phishing attack

Low-level MacEwan University staffers were tricked into transferring $11.8 million into scammers’ bank accounts in what one expert said is among the largest publicly disclosed phishing scams.
The majority of the money, $11.4 million, has been traced to bank accounts in Montreal and Hong Kong. 
“We are fairly confident that we will be able to recover those funds, the $11.4 million,” MacEwan spokesman David Beharry said Thursday. “It’s a question of how long will