Online thieves nab $450,000 from town coffers
June 6th, 2007 | by admin |
A keylogger on the computer of the Carson, Calif., treasurer enabled online thieves to transfer nearly half a million dollars to other bank accounts, according to news reports.
The thieves made two transfers: The first on May 23 for $90,000 and the next for $358,000 on the following day, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times. Carson Treasurer Karen Avilla noticed the transfers on May 24 and, with the help of the town’s bank, froze all but $45,000 of the money. A computer forensics team from the bank found a Trojan horse on her city-issued laptop, according to a report in ComputerWorld.