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How a Phishing Awareness Test Went Very Wrong

Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun, New York Daily News and other newspapers get phishing email. Scam was run by Tribune Publishing Co., publisher of Chicago Tribune and Baltimore Sun. Employees received an email on Wednesday saying the company was giving bonuses of between $5,000 and $10,000 as a result of successful cost-cutting efforts. The emails were marked “external sender” despite appearing to come from the company’s HR email address. Those who clicked the link were informed that they’d failed the test and directed to cybersecurity awareness training.”]

Source: https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/blogs/how-phishing-awareness-test-went-very-wrong-p-2948

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