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MSG Sends Phishing Test About Championship Rings, Then Announces Employee Ring Plan
What happened
Madison Square Garden sent employees a phishing test email offering Knicks championship rings, requiring those who clicked to attend mandatory cybersecurity training. Following criticism of the test, the organization announced a $3.7 million plan to distribute 275 actual championship rings to employees. Assistant coaches reportedly did not receive their rings during Tuesday's ceremony but are expected to receive them shortly.
Side by side
ABC News leads with assistant coaches not receiving rings during the ceremony and mentions staffers being hit by the phishing email, framing both as parallel issues in its headline.
- ABCWATCH: Knicks coaches waiting on rings, staffers hit by phishing email: ReportABC News · Lean Left
Newsweek emphasizes owner James Dolan being "in Hot Water for Heinous Behavior" and frames what the team sent employees as something that "has drawn heat."
Right-leaning outlets focus on the phishing test mechanics and subsequent ring announcement. Fox News Digital calls the lure "an unfortunate mistake" while The Daily Caller highlights the contrast that employees were given "Cybersecurity Training Instead" of rings. The New York Post leads with the $3.7 million ring plan "after coming under fire" for the email.
- FOXMSG uses Knicks championship rings as bait in phishing test, calls the lure 'an unfortunate mistake'Fox News Digital · Right
- NYPKnicks reveal $3.7 million plan for employee championship rings after coming under fire for phishing email ‘mistake’New York Post · Right
- DCKnicks Dangle Championship Rings For Employees; Gives Them Cybersecurity Training InsteadThe Daily Caller · Right
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