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German MPs and their staff fail simple phishing attack test (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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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 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

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