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<p class="MsoNormal">IT Managers, please see the message below from Larry Sweat, IT Manager at PERSI regarding a malicious phishing message.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kristin Bartz<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Management Assistant/Communications<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Office of IT Services, State of Idaho<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kristin.Bartz@its.idaho.gov<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Larry Sweat <larry.sweat@persi.idaho.gov> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 20, 2021 1:59 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Kristin Bartz <Kristin.Bartz@its.idaho.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> SUSPICIOUS EMAIL MESSAGE FROM PERSI domain<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Eras Medium ITC",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">Can you please distribute this warning to the Agency IT Managers list?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:navy">Larry Sweat | I.T. Department Manager | PERSI </span></b><b><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:navy">607 N 8th | Boise ID 83702</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:navy">208.287.9280</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Eras Medium ITC",sans-serif;color:#C00000;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">A message similar to the following was generated from a PERSI email box to a lengthy list of addresses. Please
advise your users that the message is possible malicious and should be deleted. We have isolated the offending system and are investigating.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Eras Medium ITC",sans-serif;color:#C00000">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:navy">Larry Sweat | I.T.<a name="Text2"></a> Department Manager | PERSI
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