My company IT department conducted their own phishing scam test

I passed, by forwarding the email to our 'suspicious emails' address. Their reply told me congratulations, and that if I HAD clicked on the link, it would have taken me to a security training course.

I wonder how many they caught? And, for that matter, how many they sent it to? Whole company, or a random sampling of X people every week.

Posted: 04/16/2021 at 4:47PM

My company IT department conducted their own phishing scam test -- Late 80s Hokie 04/16/2021 4:47PM

My company has been doing that for a year and a half. It's annoying. ** -- ElbertoHokie 04/19/2021 08:54AM

My company did that, IT had the highest failure rate -- Vienna_Hokie 04/16/2021 8:52PM

That speaks to an enterprise too reliant on email... -- One4VT 04/16/2021 9:01PM

My S.O's employer does that all the time. -- Newt 04/16/2021 6:20PM

We got those all the time. I used to purposefully hit the button on stupid -- Stork 04/16/2021 5:59PM

...phishing -- chumley 04/16/2021 5:13PM

I got one the other day that was so obvious it must have been a test ** -- Brown Water 04/16/2021 5:09PM

I was caught by one because, at the time, I was filling in for -- One4VT 04/16/2021 4:59PM

Did you forward it with "Cheers," or "Best," ? ** -- PhotoHokieNC 04/16/2021 4:48PM

Who's got time for that? Just my automatic signature line. ** -- Late 80s Hokie 04/16/2021 5:04PM

Which is what, “Love you, mean it! ❤️Xxx❤️Ooo❤️“ ? ** -- PhotoHokieNC 04/16/2021 5:36PM

My company IT department conducted their own phishing scam test

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