Henderson ISD

BEC (business email compromise) has certainly gained traction in the past couple of years.

Henderson ISD, a school district in Texas, recently lost more than $600,000 in a BEC attack.

Only a few details on the attack have been issued by district officials.

The district sent a payment of $609,615.24 to RPR Construction Company Inc., the organisation overseeing the building of a stadium.

School officials discovered the payment did not go to RPR, but into fraudulent account and that the district was tricked into doing so through a BEC attack.

Source: https://www.scmagazine.com/news/application-security/bec-attack-scamstexas-school-district-out-of-600000

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/henderson-isd

"id": "hen1125291022",
"linkid": "henderson-isd",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "10/2018",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

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                        'location': 'Texas',
                        'name': 'Henderson ISD',
                        'type': 'School District'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Phishing/Email Spoofing',
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                'than $600,000 in a BEC attack. The district sent a payment of '
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                'officials discovered the payment did not go to RPR, but into '
                'a fraudulent account and that the district was tricked into '
                'doing so through a BEC attack.',
 'impact': {'financial_loss': '$609,615.24'},
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 'title': 'Business Email Compromise (BEC) Attack on Henderson ISD',
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