BrandPost: Changing the Narrative Around Attack Victim Shaming

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Victim shaming is never OK. Unfortunately, in some organizations, employees who fall victim to a social engineering ploy that leads to a ransomware attack are blamed for their actions.

“Shaming and blaming somebody for being attacked doesn’t teach anybody and it’s certainly not going to make that organization better apt to take care of themselves in the future,” said Mat Gangwer, Senior Director of Managed Threat Response at Sophos.

Social engineering attacks, like phishing emails, are common conduits of ransomware, and have become more sophisticated. So sophisticated that it’s easy for even some of the most seasoned veterans to get fooled.

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