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Phishing for Credit
An anonymous reader writes "Two graduate students at Indiana University conducted a phishing study to
determine how readily students will give up personal information if
the phishing emails appear to come from close friends. Using only
publicly available
information, they sent out emails to students asking them to click a
link that required username/password information. Needless to say,
the study has generated lots of attention on campus. The student
newspaper has the story
and the researchers have created a blog where the participants can vent."
Dear Friend,
Can you please click on this link?
Yours Truly Friendly,
Close Friend
Rock that crushes, Paper & Scissors that don't matter.
please reply to this message with the following information:
Nickname:
Password:
This would make a nice change from the usual celebrity-in-trouble "apologies", where they go on the Tonight Show, bite their lips and look downcast and assure us "I'm very, deeply, truly sorry..."
Instead we can get, "Jay, I have created a blog where people can vent."
What I'm listening to now on Pandora...
Two graduate students at Indiana University conducted a phishing study to determine how readily students will give up personal information
After such a successful research on phishing, our two friends have decided to tackle a new study: test how much load e-commerce sites can handle, and how much money ATMs can usually deliver on any given day.
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
people are stupid. film at 11.
In other news, Indiana University students found to be whiners.
Oh wait.
"I feel betrayed and offended"
Someone posted that on the blog. I think he/she should feel foolish rather than feel betrayed. Or that should be read as "I am so fucking dumb that i cannot believe i did what i did".
No, he means this. The moral is, don't fuck with the justice department!
Toronto-area transit rider? Rate your ride.
So, they magically went back in time to get approval from the ethics committee after getting caught? Shit -- fuck the write-up on the phishing -- describe the time machine!
How does the Slashdot Effect happen given that no slashdotters ever RTFA?
Yeah. I was kind of suspicious when that banker who called me had a Nigerian accent. But he offered me so much money to help him, that I figured it was OK.
Any college age person who is fooled by an email of the described type deserves a swift kick in the ass.
get a free laptop
Spoken like someone with a 6-digit UID :P
People are the problem, stop procreation now!
I notice that a lot of the complainants have posted their e-mail addresses in the blog to try to get together to organize action...
Dear concerned student:
I am a close friend writing to you about your recent experience with a phishing study in which deception was used. I have met with an attorney on this issue who is interested in pursuing a class action lawsuit on behalf of the victims of this study. To participate, please click the link below and provide the following personal information...