Staff impersonation phishing diverts wages at UK's Highland Council
Phishing involving staff impersonation at the UK's Highland Council resulted in £3,321.41 in wages being transferred to an attacker's account. The attacker asked 12 schools to change payroll bank details and obtained two payslips, also acquiring employees' personal and financial information. The incident came to light in a council audit report.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Highland Council
- Incident type
- Phishing & smishing
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- £3,321.41 in wages and two payslips
- Cause / method
- Phishing impersonating employees to request changes to payroll bank details and copies of payslips
- Location
- United Kingdom
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Timeline
- A council audit report revealed the diversion of wages and compromise of personal information through phishing involving staff impersonation.
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