Security News > 2020 > January > Someone needs to go back to school: Texas district fleeced for $2.3m after staff fall for devious phishing email
2020-01-13 20:22
A miscreant managed to swipe $2.3m from a Texas school district after staff inadvertently wired large sums of public money to the crook's bank account.
The school district did not say exactly how scumbags were able to extract so much money, though telly station CBS Austin reported the money was funneled out in three separate transactions in November.
The caper was only spotted and reported to police in December by a school district employee.
The Manor district is hardly alone in falling victim to these sort of phishing attacks.
Manor also not alone in being a school district targeted by criminals.
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