Postal employees fall to internal phishing sting

Federal Times: Determined not to fall victim to another network breach, the U.S. Postal Service is phishing its own employees, testing their ability to recognize a scam before it's too late and their knowledge of the proper procedures to be followed.

The Postal Service suffered from a massive breach last year that exposed the personal information on more than 800,000 current and former employees. Instead of storming the firewalls, the attackers used targeted spear-phishing emails to gain access to the networks, enabling them to get in and exfiltrate information without much difficulty.

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