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Reasons employees click on phishing emails in 2020

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Release date

March 2021

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

April 2020

Number of respondents

2,000*

Age group

18-51+

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*2,000 working professionals: 1,000 in the US and 1,000 in the UK.

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Why employees click on phishing emails in 2020

Published by
Christy Tila,
Jul 30, 2021
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.
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