South Burnett Regional Council issued an alert this week after it appeared a hacker had compromised a Council email account.
An email to thousands to residents and businesses that appeared to come from the executive assistant to the Mayor contained an apparent phishing attack.
The Council warned the email posed a threat to the computer networks of recipients.
It said investigations into then email breach were under way, and that immediate action had been taken to rectify the issue.
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