Scammers swindled $35,000 from the Lincoln Project, an anti-Donald Trump super PAC, through a business email compromise (BEC) scam in February.
The compromise consisted of “fraudulent” transactions orchestrated by cyberthieves, as confirmed by Raw Story.
The PAC, widely recognized for its anti-Trump advertisements and frequent appearances by its leaders on cable news, attributed the loss to hackers targeting one of its vendors.
The vendor promptly notified all affected parties upon discovery of the hack, and the Lincoln Project’s compliance firm took swift action to address the issue.
This involved notifying the bank’s fraud department and implementing enhanced procedures for verifying invoices and payments.
Spokesman Greg Minchak said the breach occurred when hackers compromised the vendor’s email account and generated authentic-looking invoices, affecting multiple clients, including the Lincoln Project.
Minchak assured that despite the incident, their operations in advocating for a democratic future remained unaffected.
Minchak declined to disclose the identity of the vendor, emphasizing their commitment to the vendor’s privacy.
Federal Election Commission records indicate that numerous vendors received substantial payments from the Lincoln Project in the first quarter of 2024.
The Record highlights two transactions reported by the Lincoln Project to the Commission, occurring 12 days apart: one for $20,000 and the other for $15,000.
Both transactions were labeled as “fraudulent” and are currently “under dispute,” according to the Lincoln Project’s report.
The Lincoln Project was notably established in 2019 by a cadre of Republican strategists who deeply opposed Donald Trump’s re-election bid.
The super PAC garnered significant attention and support, raising over $80 million throughout 2020.
Resist The Mainstream reported two years ago on one of Lincoln Project’s controversies where five individuals posed with tiki torches in front of a tour bus for Virginia’s Republican gubernatorial candidate, Glenn Youngkin.
They were quoted saying something along the lines of “we’re all in for Glenn.”
The Lincoln Project was swiftly accused of being behind the “tiki torch stunt.”
Former President Donald Trump vowed to sue the organization in 2022 over a controversial ad attacking him.
“The Perverts and Lowlifes of the Lincoln Project are back on, where else, Fox News,” Trump said on Truth Social at the time.
“I thought they ran away to the asylum after their last catastrophic campaign, with charges made against them that were big time sleaze, and me getting many millions more votes in 2020 than I got in 2016,” he added.
Rick Wilson, the controversial co-founder of the anti-Trump Lincoln Project, would eventually release a video telling Trump to “go for it … come at me. I can’t wait. We’re delighted by the thought you would try to sue us, Donald. You’re not going to sue anybody. If you want to try and sue us, Donald, go for it.”
The video from Wilson came one day after he appeared on MSNBC, telling viewers that somebody is “gonna have to go out and put a bullet in Donald Trump.”
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