Re: Has your Controllers Office ever been spear phished?

[randy marchany <marchany () VT EDU>]

University of Virginia at Wise's controller's office was phished and they
lost ~$900k in the attack. Was publicized earlier this year. I don't have
any contacts there but I'm sure you can find out.
-Randy Marchany
VA Tech IT Security Office

On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Jesse Thompson <
jesse.thompson () doit wisc edu> wrote:

> Try asking the anti-phishing-email-reply-discuss () googlegroups com or the
> hied-emailadmin () listserv nd edu lists.
>
> Jesse
>
> On 5/26/11 3:11 PM, Bob Bayn wrote:
>
> > I'm looking for examples of spear phishing directed at University targets,
> > especially their Controller's Office.
> >
> > I have an opportunity to do some in-depth training with this group and
> > want some examples that they will relate to, and recognize some precedent
> > for the fact that they could be targeted.  I am looking for attempts, not
> > necessarily successes by the phisher.
> >
> >
> > Bob Bayn       (435)797-2396        Security Team
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