Arlington Thwarts $1.8 Million Cyber Attack

[TexasTowelie]

Arlington city staff foiled a cyber attack that was set up to steal nearly $2 million in city funds.

City spokeswoman Rebecca Rodriguez said sophisticated online attack targeted $1.8 million in city money.

The city's treasury staff recently noticed some irregularities in several city accounts.

"It was almost like any kind of fraudulent credit card transaction that you would notice in your personal account -- it was noticed here in the city," Rodriguez said.

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/tech/Arlington-Foils-18-Million-Cyber-Attack-145844665.html

[ashling]

1. Once you waste a sentence you can never get it back

Here's the headline:

Arlington Thwarts $1.8 Million Cyber Attack

and then the first two sentences ...

Arlington city staff foiled a cyber attack that was set up to steal nearly $2 million in city funds.

City spokeswoman Rebecca Rodriguez said sophisticated online attack targeted -$1.8 million in city money.

Once you waste a sentence you can never get it back

[TexasTowelie]

2. Yes, I saw the redundancy also.

I try to cut journalists some slack though since they are working with deadlines.