Audrain Medical Center has filed for a subpoena in an effort to locate an east coast scam artist, who tried to hack into the hospital's payroll information, but failed.
As of Friday, the hospital was still waiting on the subpoena. Officials said they intend to use the court order to track the individual responsible for the scam. All they know now, is that the request came from a Virginia address, and that "no one as of yet," has come forward about money missing from their account.
"Monday, (March 1) AMC was notified by Martinsburg Bank officials about a payroll transfer authorized to send out. In any kind of transfer we have to go through certain staff and protocol, before it is approved," AMC Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Greg Shaw told The Ledger Friday. "Wednesday morning we released an email to all employees, and those affected by it (the scam), so they would know what happened, and be able to protect their information."
Law enforcement was also notified on Wednesday, Shaw said.
The only people affected by the attempted scam were those employees on the July 31, 2009, payroll file. Hospital officials were still uncertain Friday how the hacker got access to the payroll file, but due to having proper protocol in place, they were still able to stop the scammer.
"The bank worked with us, and contacted us before the transfer occurred," Shaw noted. "And between the two of us, we shut it down before anything happened."
An estimated 600 AMC employees were on the July 2009 payroll. Any employee not on that payroll won't be affected, Shaw said.
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Audrain Medical Center has filed for a subpoena in an effort to locate an east coast scam artist, who tried to hack into the hospital's payroll information, but failed.
As of Friday, the hospital was still waiting on the subpoena. Officials said they intend to use the court order to track the individual responsible for the scam. All they know now, is that the request came from a Virginia address, and that "no one as of yet," has come forward about money missing from their account.
"Monday, (March 1) AMC was notified by Martinsburg Bank officials about a payroll transfer authorized to send out. In any kind of transfer we have to go through certain staff and protocol, before it is approved," AMC Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Greg Shaw told The Ledger Friday. "Wednesday morning we released an email to all employees, and those affected by it (the scam), so they would know what happened, and be able to protect their information."
Law enforcement was also notified on Wednesday, Shaw said.
The only people affected by the attempted scam were those employees on the July 31, 2009, payroll file. Hospital officials were still uncertain Friday how the hacker got access to the payroll file, but due to having proper protocol in place, they were still able to stop the scammer.
"The bank worked with us, and contacted us before the transfer occurred," Shaw noted. "And between the two of us, we shut it down before anything happened."
An estimated 600 AMC employees were on the July 2009 payroll. Any employee not on that payroll won't be affected, Shaw said.
