- cross-posted to:
- nottheonion@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- nottheonion@lemmy.world
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At least he admitted it. That’s worthy of respect I think. Just proves that nobody is invulnerable.
That’s really how we should think about a lot of things. People don’t fall for stuff because they’re dumb. They fall for stuff because they’re vulnerable.
The biggest takeaway for me is this:
but we all have moments of weakness and if the phish times just perfectly with that, well, here we are.
We can never assume we’re above it, all it takes is one not-so-good day to cause you to slip
Phishing emails are getting pretty good these days, and fairly well targeted too. I get some at work that are fairly convincing, emulating emails from services we actually use.
However…
“Hunt clicked on the phishing email, which led him to enter his credentials and one-time passcode into a hacker-controlled login page.”
Using a password manager should have prevented this, or at least make it a lot more likely you would realize something is wrong, because it will only enter your credentials on the correct domain name.
I also do the whole “don’t click links in emails, go to my bookmark for that service instead” thing as much as I can too. Especially for banking, I never click any link on those messages.
I read in another article about this that he said he thought it was strange his password manager didn’t have an option to autofill on the site, but he went ahead and entered his credentials manually anyway
That would make more sense than not having a PW manager, sometimes you’re just so tired out that you run on autopilot without thinking about things.
most definitely, and they do absolutely help, like you said. this is just another example that it could still happen to anyone if they let their guard down. major props to him for the way he handled the situation after the fact too
Heh yeah they’re getting better.
One day working in I.T. at a bank, I received an email that was formatted and written really convincingly that someone has referred me for a bigger role with a salary bump, with light/abstract details that could ‘be inferred as’ relevant to my country, sector & role. It just asked to click-through to see the opportunity-
-which popped-up a warning from the company’s I.T. security that this was a phishing testing/training email, and I’d failed.
I usually evade a phish, but this slightly-targeted one got me good.
After that I had to ritualistically double-check potentially legitimate emails from external domains, for sketchy domains/short URLs/links/tracking cookies etc, because they included vendors & 3rd party consultants or contractors we were working with.
At least (the) God(s) know scammers are bad people.
Heh.
Okay, I’m sorry, but that’s just kind of ironic.
It’s a pretty great example to highlight just how insecure the digital environment is. Only takes one tiny mistake to open yourself up to significant harm.
The fact we know about this deserves respect
Plays the ‘jetlagged’ card.
