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octoberlib

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7. My mother got the same thing , only in a phone call. She called me in tears one day

Reply to HipChick (Reply #3)

Thu Sep 7, 2017, 02:38 PM

Sep 2017

not understanding why she owed back taxes. Thank god she didn't give them her bank account information. This is a particularly cruel scam and I'm glad they didn't try to contact her through email because they probably would have been successful. I've had to educate her what to look for.

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DNC tech chief tests staff with simulated phishing attack [View all] octoberlib Sep 2017 OP

Thanks for this article. phylny Sep 2017 #1

My company does phishing emails and requires cyber attack prevention classes twice a year. SharonClark Sep 2017 #2

I work for an IT company...someone breached and I got a request from IRS HipChick Sep 2017 #3

My mother got the same thing , only in a phone call. She called me in tears one day octoberlib Sep 2017 #7

There's nothing like giving your staff cloudbase Sep 2017 #4

Well, they didn't specify a date Ezior Sep 2017 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author nycbos Sep 2017 #6

I'm at a University. We get tested all the time, but it's only a subset of us woodsprite Sep 2017 #9

This is like announcing the restaurant inspections in advance. n/t QC Sep 2017 #8

Heh. Also, I wonder if they can test for a 'breach" by an insider with a flash drive !nt m-lekktor Sep 2017 #11

Four years behind industry 'best practices' is better than none. TheBlackAdder Sep 2017 #10

Lol, but they've got 2 monitors and a door with a sign in dry erase marker! octoberlib Sep 2017 #12