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A simple phishing email fooled our entire team last month
Some staff think we need more training, but others say the email looked too real to blame anyone. How can we prevent this?
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alex3071mo ago
Honestly, people are overreacting. "Fooled the entire team" is probably a huge stretch, it was maybe a couple people who clicked. Some of these fake emails look exactly like the real thing now, so getting tricked once doesn't mean the staff is clueless. We all make mistakes, and the constant security training just makes everyone numb to the warnings. This feels like management looking for something to fix when it was just a random thing that happened. Maybe just send a simple note about that specific email style and move on.
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jordan_webb1mo ago
Wait, what did the fake email look like anyway?
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Our entire finance department in Chicago clicked that link. The email had our real CEO's name and a fake invoice number that matched our format. Calling it a random mistake ignores how targeted it was. If we don't do proper training now, the next one will cost us real money.
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