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Definition of a Phishing Attack: What It Really Looks Like

In July 2020, a handful of Twitter employees received phone calls from people claiming to be IT administrators. Those calls led to the compromise of 130 high-profile accounts — including Barack Obama, Elon Musk, and Apple — and a Bitcoin scam that netted over $100,000 in hours. The whole thing started

Carl B. Johnson Aug 25, 2021 7 min read
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Definition of a Phishing Attack: What It Really Means

In 2023, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center received over 298,000 complaints about phishing — making it the single most reported cybercrime for the fifth consecutive year. Yet when I ask executives what phishing actually is, most give me a vague answer about "fake emails." That&

Carl B. Johnson Feb 27, 2020 7 min read