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[โ€“] [email protected] 49 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

Sounds like a decent CEO.