The Dubuque County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after more than half-a-million dollars in federal funding intended for the city of Dyersville went missing in what appears to be an e-mail hack.
The Dubuque County auditor’s office says e-mails were sent to Dubuque County officials from an official city of Dyersville email address, requesting payments of American Rescue Plan Act money. An invoice payment of more than $524,000 was made by ACH transfer to the city of Dyersville, which they believe was orchestrated by third party, with the City of Dyersville’s e-mail system apparently compromised.
(By Janelle Tucker, KMCH, Manchester)