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Sequim director warns of phishing campaigns; staff cites early wins from new Title 17 code
Summary
During the director’s report, Director Carla alerted commissioners to city-targeted phishing (including AI-enabled attempts) and upcoming IT training, and highlighted quick implementation successes from the recently updated Title 17 code, including a boundary-line adjustment processed rapidly under streamlined criteria.
In the director’s report at the May 5 meeting, Director Carla informed the Sequim Planning Commission that city IT staff will send commissioners an update about cybersecurity and recommended that commissioners complete short training to recognize phishing, including AI-enabled attempts that use public-facing data to impersonate city staff.
"You’ll be getting email from IT just kind of talking about the current status," Carla said, urging caution: "Don't click on it unless it's from us." She described recent attempts that used city data to send fake invoices to developers and said staff had posted an alert on the city website.
Carla also summarized implementation successes from the recently adopted Title 17 code. Staff processed a developer pre-application and a boundary-line adjustment quickly under the updated, streamlined criteria—examples cited as evidence the code changes are reducing backlog and facilitating projects.
No votes or formal directives followed the director’s report; the director asked two commissioners to remain briefly after the meeting for follow up.
