Among employees who admitted in a 2020 survey to having been tricked into clicking on a phishing email - many say it was because it looked legitimate, or they believed it had been sent by an authority figure within the organization. However, distraction was named as the number one cause for clicks on phishing emails at work.
Reasons employees click on phishing emails in 2020
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