Reported.

Jack Henahan
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On Apr 5, 2012, at 9:28 AM, Benjamin Coddington <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> A tiny ray of hope: Chrome now warns that the site is a suspected phishing site.
> 
> Ben
> 
> On Apr 2, 2012, at 4:44 PM, Benjamin Coddington wrote:
> 
>> We have failed to convince the processes at google that this form is abuse, but we have not failed to learn that reporting abuse is most likely an ineffective channel.
>> 
>> The evil form persists.  Its seasonally inappropriate stylings have somehow fooled several UVM entities.  It has crushed my spirits as it continued to render in my browser throughout the day -- the chains of lights separating its divs, much like the chains of email it will send through its victim's smtp servers.
>> 
>> These additional people reported, bringing our total tracked reports to 49:
>> 
>> Gail
>> Deb
>> Holly
>> Kelley
>> Richard
>> Cody
>> Russ
>> Naima
>> Adam
>> Mary
>> Dusty
>> Jacob
>> Norm
>> 
>> Thanks, everyone.  I love you all.
>> Ben
>> 
>> On Apr 2, 2012, at 12:11 PM, Benjamin Coddington wrote:
>> 
>>> Update: the form lives on!  It persists in its existence.  We've had 36 people report abuse, but we need moar!
>>> 
>>> These people rock:
>>> Dean
>>> Georgia
>>> Alison
>>> Kent
>>> Paul
>>> Mike (off campus submission - no bonus points)
>>> Keith
>>> Martin
>>> Jarlath
>>> Peter (uses olde english)
>>> David
>>> Warren
>>> Larry
>>> Helen
>>> Mediha
>>> Frank (uses Chrome)
>>> Charley
>>> Ernie
>>> Marcie
>>> Bryan (off campus submission - bonus points)
>>> Zaneta
>>> Justin
>>> Geoff
>>> Andrew (reports as nudity)
>>> Judi
>>> Emily
>>> Christopher
>>> Nick
>>> Jonathan
>>> Cathy
>>> Garret
>>> Geetha
>>> Rob
>>> Patrick
>>> Mickey
>>> 
>>> Ben
>>> 
>>> On Apr 2, 2012, at 9:09 AM, Benjamin Coddington wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hey IT-Discuss, some phishers have been using google docs to try to gain UVM netids.  Every google docs doc has a "Report Abuse" link in the footer.
>>>> 
>>>> I'd like to perform an experiment to find out if google will quickly pull the doc if enough unique browsers report abuse.  Would you take a 15 seconds, follow the link and report abuse?  Then reply to me directly telling me you did so.  I'll keep a tally and report back on this thread throughout the day with the number of complainers and the form's state.
>>>> 
>>>> If google does pull the doc, then we can mount a reasonable defense against this kind of phish, and SAA will have more time to build bigger INBOXes.
>>>> 
>>>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEhBT1k0SVUxb2lkNHA5RjItektSNEE6MQ
>>>> 
>>>> Ben