Donegal GAA accounts targeted by online scam 

Donegal GAA have warned people not to interact with an email from their treasurer account after it was hacked earlier this week. 

A number of emails have been circulated from the account pertaining to have been forwarded by Grace Boyle, the current Donegal GAA treasurer. 

Donegal GAA have advised individuals in receipt of the email not to open it but if they already have, to run an anti-virus scan immediately. 

The warning, posted on Donegal GAA’s various social media channels on Wednesday read: “The account of our treasurer has been hacked and a number of people have received an email which purports to be from Grace Boyle, our treasurer. 

“Please do not open this email and delete it immediately. Anyone who has received one of these emails please change your password immediately. If you’ve opened the link on your laptop please run an anti-virus scan”.  

 It’s not the first time that Donegal has been affected by this type of act. 

Back in 2018, it was confirmed a man had been convicted in a court in the UK for his part in an internet scam that stung Donegal GAA for a large sum of money five years prior.

That scam, which dated back to August 2013, also involved the hacking into the Donegal treasurer’s email address.

The hacker then used the address to issue instructions to members of the board’s administrative staff to transfer a large sum of money to an account in the UK.

The account was in a bank in Reading and the sum in question was reported at the time to be £15,000.