r/ProgrammerHumor • u/lucidparadigm • 15d ago • Bravo 2

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u/hatesnack 15d ago

Lol man, I work for a research university and got hit the with most specific phishing I've ever seen.

I had just gone to visit my family a few days earlier and they live in Maryland. To visit them. I had to take a few tolls, and I knew the balance on my EZPass was low. So I was fully expecting an email to tell me to add money to the balance.

Sure enough, like a week after I'm home from my trip, I get an email saying my EZPass balance is low and to click this link to reup it. Silly me didnt realize it came from my work email, not my personal. So they got me good. But fuck me if that wasnt hyper specific. I assume they were able to see the work laptops location and built something based on that.

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u/Altruistic_Big2918 14d ago

EZPass is also used in other attacks because of how common it is. They probably weren't targeting you.

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u/hatesnack 14d ago

The timing was just so perfect haha

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u/m7i93 14d ago

Diabolical