City official says ‘online media’ hindered cyber theft investigation – Athens County Independent

City official says ‘online media’ hindered cyber theft investigation – Athens County Independent

At Monday’s press conference about the proposed city income tax hike, Athens City Auditor Kathy Hecht addressed a question about the city’s loss of $722,000 in a phishing scam. After noting that such crimes are all too common, Hecht leveled an extraordinary claim: We got delayed in our initial efforts to find out what happened … by information leaked that ended up in the newspaper. Well, when that happens right away — well, it’s actually not th…