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Why did the administration have to apologize for improving cybersecurity?
At the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), students and staff received an alarming email warning of a case of Ebola virus infection among staff.
According to the letter, one of the employees, who recently returned from South Africa, tested positive for the Ebola virus. Recipients of the email were asked to click on a link to get more data, which is a typical phishing method for data theft.
Following the mailing, the UCSC Student Health Center issued a warning that the email contained misleading information. The next day, the UCSC information security department apologized to the university community for the panic.
The department added that such phishing simulations are conducted to train people to recognize real threats, but acknowledged that the chosen topic caused unnecessary concern and spread incorrect information about South Africa, and could also undermine the credibility of official health reports.
The university promised to be more careful in the future in choosing topics for such trainings in order to avoid a repetition of such a situation. Experts have previously warned that such simulations can cause distrust and tension between employees and security services, and called for more accurate and understandable training methods.
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At the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), students and staff received an alarming email warning of a case of Ebola virus infection among staff.
According to the letter, one of the employees, who recently returned from South Africa, tested positive for the Ebola virus. Recipients of the email were asked to click on a link to get more data, which is a typical phishing method for data theft.
Following the mailing, the UCSC Student Health Center issued a warning that the email contained misleading information. The next day, the UCSC information security department apologized to the university community for the panic.
The department added that such phishing simulations are conducted to train people to recognize real threats, but acknowledged that the chosen topic caused unnecessary concern and spread incorrect information about South Africa, and could also undermine the credibility of official health reports.
The university promised to be more careful in the future in choosing topics for such trainings in order to avoid a repetition of such a situation. Experts have previously warned that such simulations can cause distrust and tension between employees and security services, and called for more accurate and understandable training methods.
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