CHARLOTTE — Mecklenburg County employees need to check their bank accounts and payroll information because someone tried to hack into payroll accounts.
Breaking: Mecklenburg County is advising its employees to verify their payroll information is accurate and unchanged after the county manager says someone with knowledge of the county's operations and employee names contacted HR with untraceable phone numbers and attempted…
— Joe Bruno (@JoeBrunoWSOC9) October 28, 2026
The county manager sent a letter to all employees saying someone called, claiming they needed help accessing an account.
The caller provided employee names over the phone but has been untraceable since.
Channel 9 is working to learn if anyone’s money was stolen.
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