Greater Cincinnati school district suffers $1.7M loss due to 'sophisticated cyberattack' https://dayton247now.com/news/local/greater-cincinnati-school-district-suffers-millions-loss-sophisticated-cyberattack-west-clermont-local-schools-victim-net-loss-dollars-funds-diverted-electronic-payments-hacked-hacks-law-enforcement-state-auditor-recovery-protection-security-investigate #edtech @PogoWasRight @brett @funnymonkey
Greater Cincinnati school district suffers $1.7M loss due to 'sophisticated cyberattack'
Once the attack was discovered, the district immediately got law enforcement involved, as well as the state auditor.WKEF
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in reply to Doug Levin • • •Is it ever an unsophisticated attack?
"This successful attack was not remotely sophisticated. It was pretty basic, really. They told us to send the money to these accounts, and the email looked real, so we did it. They sent it the day before the winter break and threatened legal action if we didn't pay."