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Hartland board adopts mandatory cybersecurity training after trustee fraud scare

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Summary

Following a reported email scam and a trustee's withdrawn reimbursement request, the Village of Hartland board voted to require annual cybersecurity training for all board members after spring elections and to coordinate training with its IT vendor.

The Village Board of the Village of Hartland voted Dec. 9 to require cybersecurity training for members of the board to take place after the spring election and before newly elected trustees take office.

The action followed discussion of a recent email scam that targeted Trustee Ed Walshlager and a request by Walshlager to remove his $1,200 reimbursement claim from the agenda. Walshlager told the board he had asked for the agenda item to be removed in writing and by telephone on Dec. 6 and said he no longer sought village assistance on the claim. “So at this time I am officially again…

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