A fifth of all employees will fall for a phishing message, study finds

John Leonard
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A fifth of all employees will fall for a phishing message, study finds
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A fifth of all employees will fall for a phishing message, study finds

And of those redirected to a spoofed web site, almost a quarter will enter their details into a form

More than a fifth of employees will fall for a phishing message, taking further action such as clicking on a link, according to a study by Phished.io, a provider of cybersecurity training software....

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