German MPs and their staff fail simple phishing attack test (www.tomshardware.com)
from BrikoX@lemmy.zip to cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works on 28 Oct 11:03
https://lemmy.zip/post/25275398

Fake site set up by the Bundestag tricked several politicians into giving away their passwords and login credentials.

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slazer2au@lemmy.world on 28 Oct 11:20 next collapse

No shock there. The higher up the pecking order you go the more likely the person is to fail thos tests.

Hawke@lemmy.world on 28 Oct 15:35 collapse

Yup. More power leads to lower enforcement, less training and education, and more acceptance of “minor failings” like this one.

Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee on 28 Oct 16:21 next collapse

This feels very Boomer

p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 28 Oct 23:29 next collapse

We have a company that sends us fake phishing attacks every month, logs who clicks on the bad link, and publishes the results of the survey to the CTO.

Seems like a position as important as MP should have something similar set up for their governmental email accounts.

leds@feddit.dk on 03 Nov 10:35 collapse

So surprise, the endless legitimate single sign ons on seemingly random websites where users need to enter their password are to blame for this.