Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2019-07-29 00:00:00
Affected organization: Cabarrus County
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Message Manipulation
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: After falling for a BEC scam, Cabarrus County in North Carolina loses $1,728,082.60 after sending $2.5 million to scammers pretending to be contractors building the county's new high school.