http://gcn.com/articles/2011/06/13/doe-phishing-test.aspx By William Jackson GCN.com June 08, 2011 The Energy Department’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory received more than 500 e-mails in April that appeared to be from the lab’s benefits department and contained a link for more information. The link which actually downloaded malicious code when users clicked on it. Several recipients clicked on it, said Barbara Penland, the lab’s deputy director of communications. “One computer was set up in a way that gave access to our network.” As a result of the ensuing malware infection that collected technical information to export from the lab, Oak Ridge shut down its Internet access for more than a week, interrupting research on clean energy and other topics. The employees should have known better. The Energy Department conducts two to four phishing exercises a year at its field sites, testing awareness and educating users. But the constantly evolving, increasingly sophisticated attacks make them difficult to adequately defend against. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/Received on Tue Jun 14 2011 - 00:11:53 PDT
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