articleThe Brief The city of Pittsburg announced it had fallen victim to a phishing attack in February. The prepatrator, posing as a city vendor, was able to fraudulently acquire over $900,000 in city funds. The City of Pittsburg on Wednesday reported that city personnel had fallen victim to a phishing attack, resulting in a payment of over $900,000 to a fraudulent account posing as a city vendor. The investigation identified the primary overseas suspect responsible for compromising the city’s email system, which is based in Nigeria, with at least two criminally affiliated U.S.-based suspects. What's next:In response to the phishing attack, the city immediately implemented new processes to strengthen internal controls of financial processes, including payment verification processes and controls within financial workflows, and modifications to IT staffing.