According to sources, City of Seattle (a Government organization in Washington) was hit with a cyber attack. It was first reported on 2021-11-12.
Source 1 | 2021-11-12
“• “The city of Seattle mistakenly sent more than $800,000 of funds intended to help homeless people to fraudsters…” • “The case may have involved someone “posing” as Mary’s Place, according to a spokesperson for the state auditor, whose office was notified of the loss in late July.” • “In July, the city’s Human Services Department’s chief financial officer…said in an email that the deposits were sent to a “fraudulent account” and that the city was working with the FBI and the Secret Service, which investigates cyber fraud.” • “A city spokesperson wrote… that federal investigators determined that the city and Mary’s Place were victims of fraud with losses totaling approximately $831,062 over a six-month period.” “
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