Hackers cost MECA $217,000

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.omaha.com/article/20110819/NEWS97/708199921

By Jeffrey Robb
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER
Omaha World Herald
August 19, 2011

Computer hackers broke into MECA's computer and payroll systems last 
month and stole $217,000, according to a computer security blogger who 
detailed the crime in an online post.

The Metropolitan Entertainment and Convention Authority on Thursday 
acknowledged that it was a victim in July of what it called an "Eastern 
European based cyber scheme." But the agency that runs the CenturyLink 
Center Omaha and TD Ameritrade Park declined to discuss the case in 
detail.

Although $217,000 was stolen, MECA reportedly was able to reverse a 
$147,000 fraudulent transfer, leaving $70,000 unrecovered.

In a statement Thursday to The World-Herald, MECA said it has cybercrime 
insurance that should cover the loss. However, the organization's chief 
financial officer told security blogger Brian Krebs that MECA faces a 
$25,000 deductible and the expense of a computer forensic investigation.

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