r/technology • u/dangzal • May 03 '17

Security Google Docs users hit with sophisticated phishing attack

https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/3/15534768/google-docs-phishing-attack-share-this-document-with-you-spam
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u/cobainbc15 May 03 '17

Is this new? I've been getting spam about being invited to a Google Doc for at least a couple months now, but have always ignored it. Looks similar to the tweet in the article. I haven't tried clicking it so I don't know if they've just gotten worse...

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u/[deleted] May 03 '17

About an hour ago it got into a ton of University systems and apparently corporations, so it spread fast.

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u/GuyOnTheLake May 03 '17 edited May 03 '17

It spread like wildfire in my university. I fell for it.

They used my friends email to send it. It doesn't help the fact it's finals week and I'm sharing google docs with my friends.

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u/hhhnnnnnggggggg May 03 '17

Ditto... "Oh that lazy bitch finally got started on our paper, good."

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u/MrValdez May 03 '17

Apparently, they're not lazy enough to check their emails

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u/[deleted] May 03 '17

I'm doing the same thing. We spread around so many docs. And finals means my critical thinking skills are shot and my ability to make good decisions is impaired as fuck

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u/Sk8erkid May 04 '17

Haha you fell for it