According to sources, Rock Island County Auditor’s Office (a Government organization in Illinois) was hit with a cyber attack. It was first reported on 2021-08-13.
Source 1 | 2021-08-13
“• “June 1: Someone contacted the county auditor’s office by email, claiming to represent one of the contractors with whom the county works. The email asked that future payments be sent in a different way than previously because the company had changed bank accounts. The email was fraudulent.” • “June 18: The Rock Island County Auditor’s Office authorized a transaction of $97,042.50 to the new account.” • “July 23: Another payment, this one of $18,061.40, was authorized to the account by the auditor’s office.” • “An employee of my office was the victim of an email scam which resulted in the inadvertent transfer of over $115,000 to a fraudulent account before it was caught and stopped,” April Palmer, the county auditor, said in a news release. “The employee was led to believe by receiving a direct deposit request and a bank letter, that the payments were being sent to a long-time vendor of the County’s.” “
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