NYC's ritzy Gotham Restaurant forced to close after falling victim to $45K cyberscam

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NYC's ritzy Gotham Restaurant forced to close after falling victim to $45K cyberscam
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A ritzy Greenwich Village restaurant was forced to close its doors after a $45,000 payroll cyberscam – and now it’s co-owner is warning other businesses to be on the lookout.

The HR staffer contacted Csencsitz to take a look at the request. He combed through past emails and it appeared to be from the employee they typically talk with from the payroll company. “We fell victim to someone who was able to inject themselves into an ongoing dialogue between ourselves and a payroll company,” Csencsitz said.Csencsitz said a “nefarious actor” contacted the restaurant pretending to work for the company that Gotham uses to administer payroll.“When you look at it you wouldn’t notice it normally,” he added. “But eventually when we’re really digging down into why is this happening we found the difference.

“Please know that this was a difficult decision and it was not made lightly. Business levels and a recent cyber-deception incident that resulted in a large loss, made it necessary for us to pause operations to consider our options,” Csencsitz told workers. ‘Dumbass’ Justin Timberlake ignored warning minutes before DWI bust — from same cop who ended up arresting him: sourceHailey Bieber shows off growing baby bump in lace jumpsuit during outing with husband Justin

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