BOGUS POST OFFICE TEXTS DELIVER A SHOCKING AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC TO SCAM WEBSITES

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According to research done by Akamai, fake USPS smishing attacks delivered traffic to fake USPS sites that were on par, or even exceeding, traffic to the legitimate USPS website. Akamai conducted a fairly conservative analysis by deriving a malicious domain list from one smishing text that an employee received. The attacks have been successful, despite many public awareness campaigns to protect users from them.