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Slashdot reader lowvisioncomputing shares a story from the CBC about an elaborate heist discovered "when the chief administrative officer of a southwestern Manitoba rural municipality [population: 3,300] noticed the series of unusual cash withdrawals from its bank account...." It began with a job ...

In early 2020, the Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone became the victim of a sophisticated cyberattack — one that involved a fake company tricking over a dozen students and new Canadians into acting as intermediaries to bilk the municipality out of more than $470,000.