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Reddit confirms BlackCat ransomware gang stole its data
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this post was submitted on 21 Jun 2023
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"Hi Karen , this is HR. You can now log anonymous complaints about IT, by logging into this external website with your company credentials. We provide this for your security because IT is able to monitor in network communication."
You guys are killing me! I know so many people who get their Facebook profiles hacked like this. It just cracks me up because it seems silly to fall for. It always looks wrong and the address is ridiculous.
on some level, scammers are deliberating targeting the easiest marks. If you send out millions of phishing emails, you're looking to catch a dozen or so of the least tech savvy people you can.
There are such third party services for company to receive anonymous ethics complains, or to poll employees pseudo-anonymously.
If done well it's not using the company credentials.
Legitimate? Anything like that is at least one of two kinds of painfully obvious trap, namely: