Montana Dept. of Agriculture updates policies after $340K cybertheft

Montana Department of Agriculture leaders say they’ve changed their policies to address phishing attacks after a scammer stole more than $344,000 from the department.

“This is highly, highly prevalent,” said department director Christy Clark, during a meeting of the Legislative Audit Committee Wednesday. “Although I don’t enjoy being made an example of, I’m very hopeful that people will be more cognizant of how extraordinarily good these fraudsters are and how vulnerable we really are.”