Activity: Spot the Phish
Instructions: Below is an email that an official responsible for collecting EMIS data might receive. Read the email carefully and circle or list every single element you find suspicious or that indicates a potential cyber threat.
Suspicious Email Example
From: SouthSudan-EMIS.DataTeam <update_emisteam@gov-ssd.com.org>
To: Education Official - Juba
Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2025 09:47 AM
Subject: URGENT ACTION REQUIRED: EiE Data Security Protocol Update v2.1
Dear Staff Member,
This email is to inform you that your secure access to the central Education in Emergencies Data Platform has been TEMPORARILY DISABLED. This is due to a recent, high-level cyber security audit that identified a serious vulnerability in our current login process.
We must enforce a mandatory security upgrade immediately to prevent the loss of critical EMIS and student data. Your immediate compliance is necessary to re-activate your account.
Please click the verification link below right now and enter your existing MoGEI network credentials (username and password) on the secure portal to finalise the upgrade and restore your data access.
Click to Validate Your Account Security
Failure to complete this security step within the next 4 hours will result in the PERMANENT DELETION of your user profile and your access privileges. If you have questions, reply directly to this email.
Sincerely,Data Security Coordinator MoGEI IT Support Unit (Internal)
Your Task: List the Suspicious Elements
Identify at least five (5) of the 7 suspicious elements in the email above.
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