I thought they were friends, 
they took everything.

Commissioned by Push Security, exploring the devastating human and operational cost of a cyber compromise for Black Hat Europe 2025, The Sunborn, Royal Victoria Dock, London.

I thought I was accessing a report from a colleague through LinkedIn. I didn’t realise their account had been hacked, or that it was actually a phishing scam, until it was too late. By the time IT noticed, the hackers had already stolen our data.

Spear-phishing attack

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