To ensure network security, the security awareness of employees or members of the organization is very important, and it is also a common method to send phishing emails to employees to test their alertness. Recently, GoDaddy issued fake bonus notices on Christmas Day, which was counted among multiple employees.
According to the report, GoDaddy employees received emails from the company before Christmas, stating that in order to reward employees for their hard work during the year, they will give each person a bonus of $650. They only need to enter their work location and other personal information in the reply. can. Unexpectedly, about 500 employees who responded two days later received the response “You failed the most recent phishing test”, and additional safety training is required.
With the holidays around the corner, GoDaddy employees received an email last week offering some welcome financial relief: a $650 holiday bonus.
Two days later, they received another email from GoDaddy:
“You failed our recent phishing test.” https://t.co/FHWG93BnAM
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Employees are disappointed with this double blow, and there are many opinions on the Internet that GoDaddy fired a large number of employees during the epidemic. This time, it is too much for GoDaddy to make phishing emails by giving out bonuses on Christmas, which has further affected the morale of employees. , Some people even initiated a boycott of GoDaddy. GoDaddy later apologized to employees, stating that the company attaches great importance to network security, but the lack of sensitivity in this test may make employees feel uncomfortable. They will be more careful in the future and apologize for this.
source:Copper Courier
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