City of Modesto
What to Know
- Modesto’s $639.2 million FY 2025–26 budget includes major IT investments; $15.8 million is allocated to the IT Department.
- Planned tech projects include a citizen service portal, a new procurement and billing system, smart city infrastructure, and cybersecurity upgrades.
The provider of live AI translation for public agencies is adding users and services, with its tools assisting wildfire communications in California. The company’s recent experiences help illustrate how AI might develop.
“We’re really excited about it,” said Chief Information Officer Scott Conn. “This is going to be very slick once we get it tested and turned on.”
“It was an actual vendor of ours that got hacked and allowed the penetration of our Police Department to occur,” said Chief Information Officer Scott Conn.
City Manager Joe Lopez has said the personal information that may have been accessed was limited mainly to city employees and almost entirely to Police Department employees. He said a small number of people who don’t work for the city may have been affected.
A recent cyber attack on the police department may have compromised data and come earlier than city officials previously thought.
The city said that because of its preparation for such an event as well as the quick response of the city’s IT staff, it was able to contain the threat in a short amount of time.
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