Pretexting Attacks Nearly Double in 2023: What Business Owners Need to Know
Pretexting attacks, many launched through Business Email Compromise (BEC), have nearly doubled in 2023 according to the Verizon 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report. First, the costs: Based on 16,312 data security investigations that found 5,199 confirmed breaches in the past year, Verizon determined that 74% of all breaches involved human actions, and 97% of breaches…
