CEO Impersonation Alert: A Look into the Top 100 CEOs of 2021

Total losses from BEC scams and CEO impersonation are estimated at tens of US$billion^[1][2] over the past years. In 2021, Elon Musk’s impersonators were able to amass about US$2 million^[3] from numerous victims. 

The high cost of CEO impersonation led WhoisXML API researchers to ask: Who else could threat actors be impersonating?

Using Glassdoor’s 2021 Top 100 CEOs^[4] list, our researchers were able to get a glimpse into the potential scope of CEO impersonation and answer questions such as:

• How many domains and subdomains contain the CEOs’ names?
• How many domains can be publicly attributed to their respective organizations?
• How old are the domains?
• What type of content do the domains and subdomains host?
• Have all the dangerous domains and subdomains been reported as malicious?

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• [1] https://www.ic3.gov/Media/Y2020/PSA200406 
• [2] https://www.ic3.gov/Media/Y2019/PSA190910
• [3] https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-57152924
• [4] https://www.glassdoor.com/employers/blog/glassdoors-top-ceos-2021/