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Council staff report phishing incident that sent mass email; IT intervened and is investigating

2627719 · January 9, 2025
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Summary

A suspected email compromise sent mass messages to councilor contacts; city IT staff intervened, reset credentials, and advised stronger passwords and verification steps to avoid future spoofing.

Council staff told the meeting that a councilor’s email account appeared to be spoofed or compromised and was used to send out mass messages. Information-technology staff immediately responded, began cleanup, and advised councilors to update passwords and use stronger…

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