Pa. School District Lost Almost $700K to Scammers

Pa. school district lost almost $700K to scammers

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City Controller seeks help from Pa. attorney general to find $700,00 in stolen school district payments

Nearly $700,000 in Philadelphia School District payments to two vendors were stolen last year by hackers, Philadelphia City Controller Christy Brady announced Thursday.

School District of Philadelphia lost nearly $700,000 to cyber fraud, city controller says

The School District of Philadelphia lost almost $700,000 to cyber fraud, the city controller said. Scammers allegedly posed as legitimate vendors to divert payments to themselves. The case has been referred to Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday.

Philly schools lose $700K to cyber fraud

The Philadelphia School District made four separate electronic payments to scammers in 2024, City Controller Christy Brady announced. The matter has been referred to the state attorney general.

Cyber fraud cost Philly schools nearly $700K last year, city controller says

Officials were tight-lipped on many details — as an investigation is ongoing, they said — but, on Thursday, Philadelphia City Controller Christy Brady said that “bad actors,” have scammed the School District of Philadelphia out of about $700,000 through a cyber fraud scheme. In meeting with members of the press Thursday morning, Brady said that the fraud was reported to...

649 FIRs registered in Meerut range so far for cyber fraud cases in 2025: DIG Naithani

Meerut, May 22 (PTI) Taking effective action against the rapidly increasing cybercrimes in the digital era, police in the Meerut range have registered 649 FIRs so far this year, a senior police officer said on Thursday. Meerut range Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Kalanidhi Naithani said the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India, has established the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal to lodge complaints regarding cybercrimes. Cit…