If the email came from a company exec...it was smart of him

it amazes me how name dropping makes otherwise intelligent people do moronic things.

If that email implied a VP or exec in the company wanted something all sorts of people would pucker up down below and immediately respond.

A few years ago someone was able to get our CFOs bonus routed to the hackers bank account by spoofing the CFOs name on an email and sending it to our corporate services rep. She updated the routing without verifying because she was afraid of questioning it. Funny thing is, the CFO is a great guy who would have appreciated the effort if it had been him that sent it.

In response to this post by Late 80s Hokie

Posted: 01/07/2019 at 2:30PM

So a warning just came from my company's SVP of IT Security. -- Late 80s Hokie 01/07/2019 2:05PM

Scott Van Pelt works in IT...dude is versatile. ** -- Twelfth Man 01/07/2019 3:58PM

I know most of us aren't ESPN fans but that would -- Tombo 01/07/2019 6:59PM

He was warning about bad beats ** -- HokieJamie 01/07/2019 5:06PM

...Bears, beets, "Battlestar Galactica." ** -- chumley 01/07/2019 6:30PM

Was there a picture ? ** -- bigbadbird 01/07/2019 3:45PM

Was the email from the SVP of IT digitally signed? -- Freddyburg Hokie 01/07/2019 3:31PM

That pics from the annual cyber awareness training the DoD takes ** -- FlintMS 01/07/2019 5:38PM

Oh, yes, I am fully [bleep]ing aware of that. ;^) -- Freddyburg Hokie 01/08/2019 10:21AM

OMG, why did you have to remind me of this annual BS??? ** -- CochraneResident 01/07/2019 3:45PM

Hate that training. ** -- FlintMS 01/07/2019 5:38PM

The new Uncle Sam OPSEC one is actually pretty funny and informative tho. ** -- CochraneResident 01/07/2019 5:43PM

I guess i'll take it later this year, cant wait for the fun. ** -- FlintMS 01/07/2019 5:56PM

You have an SVP of IT Security? -- Baltimore Hokie 01/07/2019 3:16PM

If the email came from a company exec...it was smart of him -- Vienna_Hokie 01/07/2019 2:30PM

Yesterday, someone (apparently) created a fake gmail account for our -- BB Hokie 01/07/2019 2:39PM

I'd call the administrative assistant frim whom they'd come from anyway ** -- TomTurkey 01/07/2019 3:31PM

When I was at VT, a buddy on our dorm hall decided to prank his roommate... -- MP4VT2004 01/07/2019 3:16PM

We pennied people in their room -- TomTurkey 01/07/2019 3:34PM

There was a use for all that punch card chad -- 76 B210 01/07/2019 4:01PM

Dayum, algore did win ** -- TomTurkey 01/07/2019 9:56PM

I got post-locked OUT of my room once.... -- Freddyburg Hokie 01/07/2019 3:59PM

Did that; also filled trash cans with water and leaned them against doors -- Nova Hokie 95 01/07/2019 3:52PM

Hall hockey wasn't pranking but fun ** -- TomTurkey 01/07/2019 3:53PM

Got pennied-------------> ** -- MP4VT2004 01/07/2019 3:43PM

We tortured frat guys during rush week ** -- TomTurkey 01/07/2019 3:44PM

We just kicked their arses in intramurals (except flickerfball, of course). -- 48zip 01/07/2019 4:02PM

I used to run security tests and could get 24% of users to give user and pw -- Vienna_Hokie 01/07/2019 2:46PM

Send me your number and I'll explain it! ** -- Tombo 01/07/2019 2:10PM

42 ** -- TomTurkey 01/07/2019 3:45PM

P.T. Barnum covered that ** -- TomTurkey 01/07/2019 2:06PM

If the email came from a company exec...it was smart of him

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