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Cake day: October 15th, 2023

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  • 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.