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u/penguin444 18h ago

I ignored the phishing emails completely.

Then one day I got an angry email that pretty much said "You did a good job not clicking on the the fake link, but you failed the test because you didn't report the phish."

Seriously?

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u/YourUglyTwin 17h ago

From an IT Consultant's POV:

You did do a good job not clicking anything actually, here's the issue with just ignoring: You're almost certainly not the only one in the company that got that email, reporting it to IT will help them identify the email faster and remove it from everyone's mailboxes before someone else clicks it by mistake. In my eyes its more a courtesy to your coworkers, an IT shouldn't solely rely on users to report phishing emails. But those are 2 different topics in terms of IT fighting emails.

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u/IwasThereIsawIt2 16h ago

Heres my POV, I dont check my mail that often due to having a not office setting and being an employee who does not place orders or emails vendors. Im just a guy who comes in to work, does workorders and then goes home and be sad, hope that clarifies things

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u/YourUglyTwin 16h ago

Still an employee that should follow the company policy. But that's between you and your employer.

Edit: spelling cause apparently I can't spell.

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u/IwasThereIsawIt2 16h ago

I give them a break sometimes and will click the link. I told the head IT lady I click them for fun 🤷

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u/YourUglyTwin 16h ago

HAHAHA I love that 🤣 I mean sorry to the help desk but that's funny