Nonprofit organization Special Olympics New York hacked and its server used to send phishing emails

guest · Dec 31, 2019

Nonprofit organization Special Olympics New York hacked and its server used to send phishing emails
December 31, 2019
https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/95796/data-breach/special-olympics-new-york-hacked.html

Special Olympics New York provides inclusive opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities to compete in Olympic-style, coached sports.

Unfortunately, the nonprofit organization was hacked during the Christmas holiday and the attackers later used its email server to launch a phishing campaign against its donors.

“Friends, Boo! As you may have noticed, our email server was temporarily hacked. We have fixed the problem and send our sincerest apologies. While donating to Special Olympics NY is always a good idea, we would never ask in such a grinchy way.” wrote Stacey Hengsterman, President & CEO of Special Olympics NY, in a post published on Instagram.
SVP of External Relations for Special Olympics NY Casey Vattimo announced the hack via Twitter, and confirmed that the situation was restored.
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Special Olympics New York reported that intrusion only affected the “communications system” that contained donors’ contact information, it also pointed out that no financial data was exposed.
The phishing messages sent to the donors alerted them of an impending donation transaction that would automatically debit $1,942,49 from the target’s account within two hours.
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