ENFIELD, NH (WCAX) – An Enfield, New Hampshire city employee has been placed on leave after a mistake led to a cybersecurity incident.

The city administrator there says that mistake resulted in a “substantial amount” of city funds being deposited into a fraudulent account.

When the mistake was discovered, the city manager filed a report with the Enfield Police Department, which immediately began working with the Secret Service and the FBI’s Cyber ​​Crimes Division to investigate.

So far, their findings suggest a city employee responded to a request to update Enfield’s bank account information but did not follow the correct procedures.

Some of the funds have been frozen and are now being returned to the city, and efforts are underway to recover more.

The city says they are now improving their cyber security measures.

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