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21-Year-Old Woman Pleads Guilty to Sending Phishing Emails to Political Candidates

July 30, 2021

The woman, Diana Lebeau, of Cranston, R.I., admitted in court to sending phishing emails to roughly 22 members of the campaign staff of a political candidate, posing as the campaign’s managers or co-chairs.

The emails, which were sent in January 2020, instructed recipients to either introduce their account credentials into an attached spreadsheet or to access a URL that directed the intended victims to a Google Form where they were asked to provide their credentials.

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