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Security Alert: New phishing attempt

A new phishing email purporting to be an important email alert from Weill Cornell Medicine is circulating within the WCM community:

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If you click on the link provided in the email, you are taken to a site that has...

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Did you find the phish?

Last week, ITS conducted an internal phishing exercise in order to gauge how well-prepared Weill Cornell Medicine is for an actual phishing attack, as well as to help educate anyone who may have fallen for the phishing attempt on how to avoid doing so in the future.  

Below is the email that was sent to everyone at WCM:

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FBI Alert: Expected Rise in Ransomware Against Healthcare Industry

Yesterday evening, the FBI announced a “credible threat” of cyberattacks against the healthcare and public health sector. Often, ransomware enters an organization through phishing emails from external senders and then propagates throughout the network once inside. ITS is taking this threat seriously and is increasing our security monitoring against known indicators of this threat.

You can stay safe by following these ...

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