According to sources, Boulder County, Colorado and one of its vendors. (a Government organization in Colorado) was hit with a cyber attack. It was first reported on 2022-10-01.
Source 1 | 2022-10-01
“County leaders in Colorado said they mistakenly sent $238,000 to hackers after one of its vendors experienced a cyberattack. Boulder County said on its website that after its vendor was hacked, a spearfishing e-mail was sent to the county. “
“Thinking it was the vendor itself, the county sent the check. However, it turned out the money was sent to a fraudulent account. “
“County officials said insurance should cover the financial losses after an investigation tasks place. “
Source 2 | 2022-09-30
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Source 3 | 2023-02-15
“Boulder County was able to recover more than $230,000 from a phishing scam back in September.“
“According to Boulder County, on Sept. 30, 2022. the county was a target of a cyber attack and mistakenly sent a check valued at $237,241.18 to a fraudulent account. The hackers used information from the vendor to create a spearfishing email that was sent to the county. “
“According to Boulder County, investigators were able to freeze the funds in the account and prevent the money to move to multiple accounts outside the U.S. On Dec. 17, 2022, the full amount of the check, $237,241.18, was returned to Boulder County following the phishing incident.“
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