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There's Something Phishy Going On
November 2022
Issue: November/December 2022
File Type: PDF
Feature: Infotech
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An email appeared on the ophthalmology practice manager’s cell phone while she was waiting for an emergency dental appointment. It appeared to be from one of the physician partners, requesting a form to change his payroll direct deposit. The practice manager replied that she’d send it when she returned to the office. She did and then received the completed form, with a signature “presented in the exact same way” that the partner signs his name. And so, despite 27 years of management experience, the practice manager became the victim of a phishing attack.

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About the Author
Jeanne S. Holden
(703-451-5903; jeanneholden@yahoo.com) is a freelance writer-editor based in Springfield, Va

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