More than one thousand employees at City Utilities could be the victims of identity theft.
Their private information is compromised after a recent phishing scheme targeting CU. CU says this phishing scam does not involve its customers, only employees.
“This wasn’t a data breach. This wasn’t a hacking situations. This is one of those schemes,” said Joel Alexander, with CU.
City Utilities is now providing ID protection for all employees. One click could have caused the damage. Experts with the Better Business Bureau know how to spot phishing emails.
“Should you be getting this email? Have you done something to create that process where you would receive that email? If you haven’t. I would seriously question why you are getting it,” said Jon Anfinson, with the Better Business Bureau.
- Urgency is a red flag.
- Look for copycat logos, bad grammar and spelling mistakes.
- If there’s a link — carefully move your mouse over it. See if the link really matches the claim in the email.
CU workers urge, this recent phishing scheme doesn’t involve customers private info.
“There’s absolutely no customer information that was released. The customer information for CU is kept in a completely different set of servers. We are mandated by the federal government. We do some tests on that constantly,” said Alexander.