According to sources, City of Lexington (a Government organization in Kentucky) was hit with a cyber attack. It was first reported on 2022-08-29.
Source 1 | 2022-08-29
“-"Officials in Lexington, Kentucky, said Monday that the city lost about $4 million in federal housing assistance funds to an email fraud scheme." -"The theft, which is now being investigated by the Lexington Police Department’s financial crimes unit, included three wire transfers of funds for emergency rental assistance and transitional housing to a private bank account. " -"The transfers were made, officials said, when a malicious actor impersonated an email account belonging to Community Action Council" -"Lexington officials said no one from the municipal government or Community Action Council appears to have been involved in the scam, and that the phony account’s bank froze the funds upon being notified of the theft." “
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