Hackers steal more than $1 million from Leavenworth hospital

[Erica Absetz <erica () riskbasedsecurity com>]

http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2013/04/hackers-steal-more-than-1-million-from-leavenworth-hospital/

WENATCHEE — The Chelan County treasurer says hackers stole more than
$1 million from an electronic bank account held by a Leavenworth
hospital.

Treasurer David Griffiths’ office noticed Monday that three
unauthorized transaction files had been logged the previous Friday,
April 19.

The Wenatchee World reports that the files moved more than $1 million
out of a public hospital district account to 96 different bank
accounts, most in the Midwest and East.

Griffiths says his office has been able to retrieve about $133,000 by
notifying recipient banks. He says it may take a month to learn how
much money can be recovered.

The account was a type used for direct-deposit payroll and bill
payment. By law, the treasurer administers such assets for 55 county
taxing districts, including Leavenworth’s Chelan County Public
Hospital District No. 1, which operates Cascade Medical Center.

The Chelan County sheriff’s office is investigating locally and
Griffiths is cooperating with interstate fraud investigators.
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