I clicked a sketchy link in a work email last Tuesday and lost 3 hours of data

I was at my desk processing tickets when an email that looked exactly like our IT alert popped up, and I clicked without checking the sender. The system locked up and I had to restore from a backup from that morning; has anyone else dealt with phishing that sneaky?

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hugow301d ago

Was the email addressed to you by name or was it something generic like "valued employee"? That usually tells you right away if it's phishy or not.

laurabennett1d ago

Wait, you mean they actually addressed it to you BY NAME? That's wild, I figured those were always just generic spam blasts!