According to sources, City of Sebastopol & Sonoma County Treasury Office (a Government organization in California) was hit with a cyber attack. It was first reported on 2021-07-16.
Source 1 | 2021-07-16
“• “An ostensibly routine wire transfer involving Sonoma County’s treasury office turned out to be a scam that bilked Sebastopol of $1.2 million in property taxes at the end of April.” • “The theft was committed via a fraudulent email requesting a transfer from a pool of Sebastopol’s funds held by the Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector office, which oversees more than $3 billion in public money.” • “It appeared to us it was coming directly from staff of the city of Sebastopol,”…“Protocols are undergoing a full evaluation in response, and the office will communicate with a cyber security firm for recommendations on how to combat cybercrime.” • “The stolen funds are equivalent to about 10% of the city’s annual operating budget.” • “… the theft is unrelated to a police department computer system failure reported earlier this week that some have speculated could have been the result of a computer hack.” “
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