No arrests have been made but law enforcement is involved and they’re working with the sheriff’s office and Secret Service to recover the rest of the money.
It started in July when the county thought they were talking to and paying DBE Utilities Construction, saying they changed their payment processing. But it was coming from a DOT “CO” email and not DOT “COM.” The county sent a payment of over $500,000. But it wasn’t actually to DBE.“These scammers, this is what they do, day in and day out and we need to be one step ahead,” Patty said.
Tyler Chancy, head of cybersecurity for Scarlett Group said this style of hacking means hackers have been reading your emails for a while. So far roughly 60 percent of the money has been recovered, Patty said in the county commissioners meeting they’re finding third party solutions to the threats.
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