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09/09/2024
Cyber-attack targets St. Charles Parish Government
Nola.com
St. Charles leaders are just now learning about a cyber-attack involving a parish vendor.
According to Deputy CAO Samantha de Castro, “a third-party vendor’s email system was compromised, enabling a threat actor to provide St. Charles parish with the appropriate documentation needed to change the vendor’s banking information. With the updated information provided, a scheduled invoice payment was made to the new account.”
The parish did not reveal the company's name or the amount of the payment, but sources tell WWL Louisiana it was for more than $1 million.
Local and federal law enforcement launched an investigation after the vendor contacted the parish inquiring about the payment status.
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