Cyberthieves steal $400,000 from Bank of America

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Residents and city workers in Burlington, Wash., have been told to check their accounts after $400,000 was stolen from a city bank account. City officials believe that the security breach resulted from the infiltration of a government account used to pay workers in the town, which is about 65 miles north of Seattle. Although the exact amount of money stolen is not fully tallied, more than $400,000 has been transferred over the past two days, according to Seattle-based KOMO News. The city first learned of the attack after an East Coast bank queried a number of account transfers that appeared “suspicious.” Read the full story at CNET.

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