Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-10-08 00:00:00
Affected organization: City of Franklin
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Town officials from the City of Franklin announce to have been victimized by a "spearphishing" attack that resulted in $522,000 being "misdirected to a third party."