A California State University campus in the Valley was a victim of a cyberfraud incident in 2021 that resulted in a $250,000 loss, officials confirmed Monday.
Similar to a scam that was revealed last week by the city of Fresno, employees at Stanislaus State made payment last November on an emailed invoice for installation of equipment, purportedly from one of the school’s vendors, that turned out to be fraudulent.
A school spokeswoman says campus police and the FBI are investigating. The school is taking steps to prevent future fraud, the official said.
“What we’ve done is try to really identify any of the factors that prevented quick identification of the scam. And then we’ve already implemented some internal protocols … to help us safeguard against this in the future,” said Rosalee Rush, Stanislaus State’s associate vice president of communications.
Similar to City of Fresno Phishing Case
The school is working with its insurance company to recoup the lost funds, but Rush did not offer specifics on how much the school might be reimbursed.
She said it’s unclear if the same suspects who took the city of Fresno for more than $600,000 in a phishing scam were also behind the Stanislaus State fraud.
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