NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — Officials in the southwest Florida city of Naples say they lost $700,000 in a recent cyberattack.
The Naples Daily News reports that the attack was a "spear phishing" effort targeting a specific person or department and that appeared to be from a trusted source.
Authorities say the money was paid to a fake bank account the attacker provided while posing as a representative from the Wright Construction Group, which was doing infrastructure work in downtown Naples.
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City Manager Charles Chapman says the attack was an isolated incident and has not impacted the city's data systems.
Chapman says a criminal investigation has been launched.
Other Florida cities including Key Biscayne, Riviera Beachand Lake City have also been targeted in cyberattacks.
