Feds: Fake Harassment Complaint E-Mail Contains Virus
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reported to authorities Friday an e-mail circulating to employers that alleges to be a harassment complaint from the federal agency and contains links to a computer virus.
Employers who were receiving the fraudulent e-mails called the EEOC to see if they were legitimate.
The agency reported the e-mails to the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team, a government-private industry partnership based at the Homeland Security Department that responds to cyber-attacks.
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Recipients of the fraudulent e-mail are led to believe they can access details of a discrimination claim by clicking on links in the e-mail, which is circulated under the subject "Harassment Complaint Update For."
The e-mail contains links to a virus that is likely to harm the recipient's computer if the user clicks on the referenced link or downloads the attached file, according to an EEOC announcement Friday.
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Under EEOC policy, employers are notified of the filing of an employment discrimination charge using postal mail and not through e-mail because of security concerns.
"The e-mail appear specifically to be going to human resource staff with the company," said David Grinberg, an EEOC spokesman. "We suspect (the e-mail) may be generated from overseas