Phishing scam turns out to be an inside job

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Phishing scam turns out to be an inside job
By Karen Jowers - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Apr 1, 2008 13:31:21 EDT

An Army “phishing” test backfired the day before April Fool’s Day after an Army command was discovered phishing amongst its own.

The Army Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Command issued a press release at 4:12 p.m. Monday warning about a phishing e-mail scam.

The e-mail, which sported the Army’s official MWR logo, appeared to be an attempt to obtain personal information from soldiers by offering promises of free or discounted tickets to theme parks and attractions.

The press release said the Family and MWR Command was trying to find the owners of the Web site and the host of the domain.

Less than an hour later, the command issued another statement saying the phishers had been found — the Army’s own Network Enterprise Technology Command.


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