I was sure that everyone had safeguards built in by now… What a disappointment!

https://www.counton2.com/news/south-carolina-news/hackers-steal-south-carolina-fire-departments-paychecks/#:~:text=SPARTANBURG%20COUNTY%2C%20S.C.,report%20of%20fraud%2Fpayroll%20theft.

Hackers steal South Carolina fire department’s paychecks

… Evatt told deputies that six members of the fire department failed to receive their direct deposit on Wednesday.

Deputies said they discovered that someone hacked and/or gained remote access to the Assistant Chief’s employee email and gained access to employee direct deposit information and payroll accounts.

The unknown subject(s) then edited the direct deposit information of the six employees resulting in their payroll earnings being deposited into reloadable pre-paid debit cards.

… A CPA firm Greene Finney and Cauley, which manages payroll for the fire department said the IP addresses related to illegal sign-in to the assistant chief’s account were traced back to Nigeria, California and Florida.

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