Former Beacon Journal reporter Jeff Sallot, who was
involved in the Beacon Journal’s Pulitzer-winning coverage of the 1970 Kent
State shootings by the Ohio National Guard long before he retired from the
Toronto Globe, got entangled in a phishing foray. So he warned everyone in his
email list about it.
Jeff’s email:
Hello,
This is a mass email to all the people in my contacts list in my email. First,
sorry for the mass mailing. But I'm especially sorry that some of you already have
received phony twitter messages purporting to be from me, saying somebody is
spreading gossip about you. You are asked to click on a link. This is a
sophisticated phishing operation and whoever is behind it is looking for
passwords. If you've already clicked through and entered a password for
anything change it right away. If you haven't received a twitter message like
this from me - or anyone else for that matter - you may yet see one. I got
caught when I got a twitter message like this from a former boss at the Globe a
few days ago.
To read more about the phishing tactics, click on http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/nov/08/twitter-warns-hack-password-reset
If you want to renew acquaintances with Jeff, his
cellphone number in Canada is 613 668-6412.
Jeff also runs a website -- reportinglab.com
-- designed by journalism
educators at Ottawa's Carleton University, where Jeff is on the faculty, that links to stories about news events around
the world.
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