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Bozeman IT warns of targeted phishing scams and plans April 27 move to bozemanmt.gov

Bozeman City Commission · April 21, 2026
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IT Director Scott McMahon told the commission the city is seeing a rise in sophisticated phishing scams impersonating the city and announced an email and website domain change to bozemanmt.gov effective April 27; he also outlined staffing, cybersecurity and operational metrics for the IT department.

Scott McMahon, Bozeman’s director of Information Technology, briefed the commission April 21 on IT operations and public-facing actions to protect residents and developers from rising phishing and impersonation scams.

McMahon said the city has seen emails and texts that mimic official city letterhead and request wire transfers.…

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