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Hi Ruth ( and Aaron)
The Ruth Low City email is NOT compromised. Nor is your known personal gmail account.
Based upon the screen shot of the email sent to Aaron.
The From Name says Ruth Low but the email is not your City email account nor one of your known personal email accounts. (The return email is hotbox.ext.gov@gmail.com)
This is a social engineering attack designed to get Aaron to respond to the bogus email address thinking it is you. The person at the other end would then respond saying they are you
and asking Aaron to perform some task. Often some sort of gift card purchase or other financial crime.
I hope this helps and if either of you have any questions please call me at 909-215-4648 or speak with any member of the IS team.
Best regards,
Ken
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
-------- Original message --------
From: Dan Fox <DFox@DiamondBarCA.Gov>
Date: 11/9/22 7:33 AM (GMT-08:00)
To: Ken Desforges <KDesforges@DiamondBarCA.Gov>
Subject: FW: My email got hacked
Hi Ken, FYI.
Thanks,
Daniel Fox | City Manager
City of Diamond Bar
909.839.7010
From: Ruth Low <ruth.low@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 9, 2022 7:32 AM
To: Dan Fox <DFox@DiamondBarCA.Gov>
Subject: My email got hacked
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Good morning Dan!
I got this from Aaron Scheller- looks like they’re hacking my DB email address.