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The Click That Cost One Company $47 Million In 2023, MGM Resorts was brought to its knees — not by a sophisticated zero-day exploit, but by a single social engineering phone call that led to credential theft. The resulting breach caused an estimated $100 million in damages. And it started with
The Breach That Started With a Single Click In 2023, MGM Resorts lost an estimated $100 million after a threat actor called Scattered Spider social-engineered an IT help desk employee. One phone call. One credential reset. That's all it took to bring a $14 billion company to its
The Threat Already Inside Your Network In 2023, Tesla disclosed that two former employees had leaked the personal data of more than 75,000 workers to a German news outlet. It wasn't a sophisticated hack. It wasn't a nation-state threat actor. It was people who already
A Leaderboard Didn't Stop the Breach — But It Helped In 2023, a midsize healthcare provider ran a standard annual compliance video for security training. Completion rates hit 94%. Two months later, a single employee clicked a phishing link that led to a ransomware attack affecting 130,000 patient
In 2024, MGM Resorts lost an estimated $100 million after a social engineering attack that started with a single phone call to the help desk. The threat actor didn't exploit a zero-day vulnerability or deploy some exotic malware. They impersonated an employee. That's it. And it
In 2024, MGM Resorts lost roughly $100 million after a social engineering attack that started with a single phone call to their help desk. The attacker didn't exploit a zero-day vulnerability. They didn't brute-force a password. They manipulated a human being. And that's the
The Breach That Started With a Single Click In 2023, MGM Resorts lost an estimated $100 million after a threat actor called Scattered Spider social-engineered a help desk employee. One phone call. One manipulated employee. That's all it took to bring a multi-billion-dollar company to its knees. The
One Band's Name Became Cybersecurity's Favorite Metaphor In 2024, the FBI's IC3 report documented over 298,000 phishing complaints — making it the most reported cybercrime category for the fifth consecutive year. And yet, most organizations still run phishing simulations like they're checking
In March 2025, a mid-size accounting firm in the Midwest lost $2.1 million after a single employee clicked a spoofed DocuSign link during tax season. The firm had antivirus software. They had a firewall. What they didn't have was phishing simulation training — the one layer of defense
In March 2025, a mid-size healthcare provider in the Midwest lost 1.4 million patient records because one employee in accounts payable clicked a link in a fake DocuSign email. The organization had antivirus software, a firewall, and an email gateway. What they didn't have was a phishing
