Texas School District Lost $2.3M to Phishing Email Scam

Texas School District Lost $2.3M to Phishing Email Scam
A school district in Texas announced that it lost approximately $2.3 million after falling victim to a phishing email scam.On January 10, the Manor Independent School District (MISD) published a statement on Twitter and Facebook in which it revealed that it was investigating a phishing email scam that cost it $2.3 million.January 10, 2020 – Manor, TX – The Manor Police Department along with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating an incident involving a phishing email scam that resulted in the loss of approximately $2.3 million to the Manor Independent School District. pic.twitter.com/KTT8IHhQrT— Manor ISD (@ManorISD) January 10, 2020
In the statement, MISD Director of Communications Angel Vidal Jr said that the Federal Bureau of Investigations and the Manor Police Department were pursuing “strong leads” as part of their investigation but that their efforts were ongoing.Vidal also took the opportunity to thank the Manor Police Department for working with MISD to notify the community about the security incident.MISD’s statement didn’t disclose any information about the phishing email scam including how it occurred or how the school district, which serves 9,600 students, detected it.Anne Lopez, a detective with the Manor Police Department, provided some details about the attack to television station KVUE:It was three separate transactions. Unfortunately they didn’t recognize the fact that the bank account information had been changed and they sent three separate transactions over the course of a month before it was recognized that ..

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