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How One Phish Can Cost Your Company Millions

A Single Phish Email Took Down a $13 Billion Pipeline In May 2021, a single compromised password — likely harvested through a phish — shut down Colonial Pipeline and triggered fuel shortages across the U.S. East Coast. The company paid a $4.4 million ransom within hours. That's the

Carl B. Johnson Jan 26, 2026 7 min read
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How One Phish Can Sink Your Entire Organization

A Single Phish Took Down a $4 Billion Pipeline In May 2021, a single compromised password — likely harvested through a phish or credential reuse — gave attackers access to Colonial Pipeline's network. The result: a ransomware attack that shut down 5,500 miles of fuel pipeline, triggered gas shortages

Carl B. Johnson Aug 31, 2021 8 min read
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Phish: How One Click Costs Companies Millions

One Phish Email Took Down a $60 Billion Company's Defenses In 2023, MGM Resorts International lost roughly $100 million after a social engineering attack that started with a single phone call to their help desk. But most attacks don't even require that much effort. The average

Carl B. Johnson Feb 28, 2020 7 min read