Rail firm trick staff with fake bonus email to test company's IT security
A train company purposefully sent staff a fake email wrongly promising workers a financial bonus as a way to test the firm's IT security. Thousands of West Midlands Trains employees received the message from the managing director suggesting they could expect a reward for their work during the pandemic if they simply clicked on a link. But a follow-up email read: 'This was a test designed by our IT team to entice you to click the link and used both the promise of thanks and financial reward to try and convince you to provide your details.' West Midlands Trains purposefully sent thousands of e...