American web company GoDaddy apologized Thursday after an email that promised employees a Christmas bonus in the midst of the economic crisis turned out to be a computer security test.
“GoDaddy takes the security of our platform extremely seriously. We understand some employees were upset by the phishing attempt and felt it was insensitive, for which we have apologized,” a spokesman for GoDaddy, the largest internet domain management company in the world, told AFP in a statement.
“While the test mimicked real attempts in play today, we need to do better and be more sensitive to our employees,” added the Arizona-based company.
In December, around 500 employees clicked on an e…
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