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migry_tech
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3 years ago

Email from Intel Identity Consolidation - real or PHISHING ?

Sorry, I don't really know which forum area to post this in, so mods please move as required. I recently received an email sent to my (unique) email address as registered with Altera (now acquired...
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3 years ago

I'm shocked to have rec'd this email, too. It has all the hallmarks of a phishing email!!! Almost reported it to our Cyber Security Office.

Google Searched 'Intel Identity Consolidation' and this post is the literally the ONLY thing I found on it.

So, in an effort to reply to this post, I had to go through the process of enrolling and adding MFA to Azure using MS Authenticator which I already use. Felt a lot safer doing that rather than clinking anything in that email.

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    migry_tech
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    3 years ago

    Thank you Mark !

    I'm so relieved to hear that someone else thinks the same way as me, that the "Intel" email (yet to be confirmed of course) fails all basic security rules. Sort of ironic given the subject matter