County of Shiawassee

May 11, 2023 1 min read
County of Shiawassee

Shiawassee County apparently was the victim of a phishing scam.

The official resigned after being tricked into wiring $50,000 to an overseas bank account.

She was replying to an email from another county official about paying a bill.

Source: https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/michigan-county-official-quits-after-mistakenly-wiring-50k

"id": "COU2241181122",
"linkid": "county-of-shiawassee",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "06/2018",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

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