A prominent super PAC vocally opposed to former President Donald Trump has been swindled out of $35,000 by hackers, according to Raw Story.
In its filings to the FEC, the Lincoln Project reported two February transactions, of $15,000 and $20,000, as “under dispute” and marked as “fraudulent.”
A spokesperson, Greg Minchak, told Raw Story: “A vendor’s email was hacked, with the hackers producing authentic-looking invoices that were sent from our vendor’s legitimate email account.”
The Lincoln Project did not immediately respond to Business Insider’s request for comment, sent outside of US working hours.
The hack affected several of the unnamed vendor’s clients, Minchak told the outlet.
The Lincoln Project took immediate action to mitigate the issue, he added, including improving how it confirms payments and notifying its bank’s fraud department.
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