Knicks sent employees fake offer of championship rings in phishing test: Report
Corporate phishing tests are common, but this one was especially cruel.
Corporate phishing tests are common, but this one was especially cruel.
The short version
- The New York Knicks organization sent employees a phishing email promising free championship rings in a test of its staff’s ability to detect scams, The New York Times reported yesterday.
- “Congratulations, your Employee Championship Ring is here,” the email sent in late September said, instructing employees to click a link to make a selection from two ring designs.
- Madison Square Garden employees who clicked that link “were forced to attend a mandatory cybersecurity class to help satisfy some of [owner James] Dolan’s growing cybersecurity concerns,” the report said, citing team sources.
What happened
Dolan is the owner of the Knicks, the New York Rangers, and Madison Square Garden. It’s common for corporations to send phishing emails to find out which employees don’t pay attention to clues that an email is a scam.
Why it matters
A cybersecurity-test email often appears to be from the company itself but includes telltale signs of phishing.
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