Didsbury Dave
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Of course. It happens. But it’s the job of the Head of IT to ensure it doesn’t happen and there are many security companies out there who exist to ensure that it doesn’t happen. It’s not as simple as “Oh well, someone opened the wrong email”. Security should be vast and multilayered if your data is sensitive.We were trained at our place, it didn't stop one of the high ups at our company clicking on a link in an email from a client that looked genuine, advising of a change in banking details. It caused mayhem for awhile and they still get constant emails to everyone as all email accounts names were taken. Most got directed to spam or deleted before we saw them but 1 or 2 always got through.
Just yesterday I got an email from Renault about their 3rd party hack which saw "customer names, addresses, dates of birth, gender, phone numbers, vehicle identification numbers and vehicle registration details" all taken. You must have seen all of the recent cyber attacks on everything from airports to kiddies nurseries.
I haven’t seen Putin or Trump’s emails being hacked. Or the FA.