{"id":59993,"date":"2018-12-28T11:57:19","date_gmt":"2018-12-28T17:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=59993"},"modified":"2018-12-28T11:57:19","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T17:57:19","slug":"cape-cod-school-loses-807k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/cape-cod-school-loses-807k\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Cod Community School Loses $807K in Phishing Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Cape Cod School Loses Close to $1M in Malicious Email Scam<\/h3>\n<p>This year ended poorly for Cape Cod Community School when they fell victim to a phishing attack.\u00a0 An email was distributed throughout the school that was disguised as content from another educational institution.\u00a0 It was because of how the email was disguised, that staff didn&#8217;t question it.\u00a0 Upon opening, the malware spread throughout the school&#8217;s network, specifically targeting its financial systems.\u00a0 Although the malware was eventually 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