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With more churches and Catholic organizations than ever before using digital technology, internet scammers are looking at them as easy prey. But simple best practices can provide enormous protection.
Father David Mullen got the message every pastor dreads to hear thanks to 21st-century technology: “I think someone hacked your account.”
An internet scammer had breached the Boston Archdiocese’s priests’ account back in August, looked at the content of his emails, and then proceeded to email people in his address book saying he needed to talk with the recipient “about something personal.”
Thankfully, the recipients noted something seemed off: For one thing, the pastor wouldn’t approach them via email that way, and he seemed to use “terminology that I wouldn’t typically use on an email.”
The pastor quickly got the word out to his parishioners through the parish’s communications platforms that his email had been hacked and to be wary of any emails appearing to come from him that look suspicious or request any kind of personal information.
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When Phishers of Men Go After Churches, Here’s How to Escape Their Nets
Father David Mullen got the message every pastor dreads to hear thanks to 21st-century technology: “I think someone hacked your account.”
An internet scammer had breached the Boston Archdiocese’s priests’ account back in August, looked at the content of his emails, and then proceeded to email people in his address book saying he needed to talk with the recipient “about something personal.”
Thankfully, the recipients noted something seemed off: For one thing, the pastor wouldn’t approach them via email that way, and he seemed to use “terminology that I wouldn’t typically use on an email.”
The pastor quickly got the word out to his parishioners through the parish’s communications platforms that his email had been hacked and to be wary of any emails appearing to come from him that look suspicious or request any kind of personal information.
Continued below.
When Phishers of Men Go After Churches, Here’s How to Escape Their Nets
