The first formula that was sent by email "Richard" was no good no up.
Mayor Richard Dahler's Yahoo! address is usually named by his nickname in Washington. But in August, when the city's financial coordinator's notice changed as part of an email scam, he linked an unknown identity artist to the US $ 49,284 (RM 193,481).
Cybercriminals were not finished with 1,000 richest cities across Seattle's Lake Washington. In mid-October, Yarrow Point was attacked by a ransomware attack, which locked some of the city's computer systems, denied entry to employees' files, and the attackers paid about $ 10,000 (RM39,258) Bitcoin.
Yarrow points are not alone. Municipalities and governments, which are generally unprepared to work until the problems are over, it is often a well-known method and easy target for the staff who provide little training on best practices for spot cybercrime.
It may be bad for yarrow points. Phishing Email was sent to the city in June and July. City's Clerk / Cashier, Anatosia Warhal sees them as illegal and sends e-mails to Kahil and IT companies. The city went to the city employees to be aware of the word.
Yarrow points damaged in the budget of approximately 2 milliliters (RM 7.84 milliliters) of US dollars, city officials said, but it never happened.
"It is an unacceptable activity," Cahill said. "(But) can not destroy the city by any means."
Steps have been taken to protect itself against some other events in the City Hall so that no wire transfers or permissions are allowed and systems such as tools and emails can be updated and updated.
Vice President of Operation Center for Internet Security, Brian Kalkin, said, "Usually these campaigns are very broad and will hurt many local governments."
The best city staff can ensure that the systems are up-to-date and people are aware and aware that this phishing attempts and cyber attacks can happen.
The loss of Yarro Point was hit in a Skagit Valley town six years ago and two years ago Chelan County was in a public hospital that was not as important as the other others.
When Burlington victimized cyberthievery in 2012, nearly US $ 400,000 (RM1.56mil) was stolen from his account of the Bank of America.
Ukrainians and Russian thieves steal more than 1 ml (RM 3.92 milliliters) from the bank account of the Cascade Medical Center in Leavenworth, in 2013.
Citycell-based company founder and President of Crystal Informatics Mike Hamilton said that governments and organizations help cyber security.
Just like small workers, young workers like Yerro Point are tempted for criminals because they have protection against cybercattact.
Hamilton said, "The public sector is downwards."
All kinds of ways to steal from the city and the company, including criminals COO and mayor disguise, were found, in such cases was the Yarrow Point. One of the more colorful scams cited by Hamilton happened in Kansas City where thieves hacked into a city database and kept themselves parole.
Both Hamilton and Kakin do not believe that the two points of the two point points.
Seattle's chief information security officer Hamilton is concerned about whether money is being stolen a glimpse that criminals can make in a city. Records, city services, communications and infrastructure are at risk
"It is a real exposure," he said. "It's really a jackfruit in coal mines, and the local government has to wake up."