At my work, we got a phishing email a few weeks before Christmas.
It was for a gift card for a Honey Baked ham.
I was pretty sure it was a phishing test but apparently a lot of people fell for it. Enough so, that a fairly senior colleague blasted an email saying it was in poor taste since it was Christmas and a lot of people could really use it.
I thought that made it more effective training because a scammer would use that, but I also understand that it has the potential to fuck with people’s emotions.
Anyway, that started a trend within the company’s Teams and social platform, making jokes and sharing memes.
The CEO even emailed, agreeing with the original email blast and then had a real giveaway of honey baked gift cards.
At my work, we got a phishing email a few weeks before Christmas.
It was for a gift card for a Honey Baked ham.
I was pretty sure it was a phishing test but apparently a lot of people fell for it. Enough so, that a fairly senior colleague blasted an email saying it was in poor taste since it was Christmas and a lot of people could really use it.
I thought that made it more effective training because a scammer would use that, but I also understand that it has the potential to fuck with people’s emotions.
Anyway, that started a trend within the company’s Teams and social platform, making jokes and sharing memes.
The CEO even emailed, agreeing with the original email blast and then had a real giveaway of honey baked gift cards.
Sounds like a decent CEO.