According to sources, City of Athens (a Government organization in Ohio) was hit with a cyber attack. It was first reported on 2025-04-03.
Source 1 | 2025-04-03
“In November, an Athens city employee got an email regarding payment for the construction of a new fire station. Shortly after, the city paid an invoice for more than $700,000. But the money never reached the construction firm it was intended for. “
“Scammers were somehow able to access Pepper Construction's email system and they began to monitor exchanges between Pepper Construction and city of Athens employees about the next invoice.“
“ At some point, one of the imposters steps into this ongoing email exchange. They were able to do that because they had created two fake email addresses for someone who worked in Pepper Construction’s accounting department. These email addresses were almost identical to the legitimate email address for this Pepper Construction employee. With one email, they used a letter L in place of a letter I, which is very difficult to detect. And in another email address, they transposed two letters.“
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