Groton's School Business Manager Placed On Leave After Massive Cyber Breach: Update

GROTON, CT — An impostor posed as Groton Schools Superintendent Michael Graner to trick officials to turn over the W-2 tax forms of 1,300 school district employees in a massive cyber breach that exposes the employees to identity theft, reports The Day.

And on Friday, Garner placed district Business Manager Don Meltabarger on administrative leave while the situation is being investigated, according to the publication.

Meltabarger and other employees from the Business Office face the possibility of disciplinary action in connection with the breach, but no decisions have been made.

The breach occurred Wednesday when the impostor sent the Business Office an email requesting copies of the staff's W-2s, which employees forwarded.

The district quickly determined that Graner had not sent the email, but the W-2s had already been sent, which Graner says is a "disaster."

Graner's online account had not been hacked, but the email appeared to be legitimate, reports Fox61.

Groton police have launched an investigation into the breach, referring to it as a "Phishing scam."

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