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Government email alert system GovDelivery used to send scam messages

  • An email notification system used by U.S. federal and state government departments, GovDelivery, has been used to send scam emails, targeting residents with fake toll messages.
  • The U.S. state of Indiana is investigating fraudulent messages concerning unpaid tolls purportedly sent by state agencies through GovDelivery, which contained disguised links to malicious sites.
  • Indiana confirmed a contractor's account was hacked to send scam messages, but stated that no current state systems were compromised.
  • Granicus, the company behind GovDelivery, confirmed the breach was due to a compromised user account but asserted that their systems were not breached.

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