Cyberattacks on 2 parishes price over $1.3M, state auditor says

KEY TAKEAWAYS: St. Helena Parish misplaced $48,348 in ARPA funds through vendor-payment fraud, absolutely recovered by way of insurance coverage. St. Charles Parish misplaced over $1.26 million in a cyberattack; about $404,000 stays unrecovered. Audits revealed weaknesses in inside controls…